Nutritional health is achieved through the therapeutic use of whole foods, safe culinary preparation, and understanding the metabolic impacts of specific dietary frameworks and ingredients.
A balanced vegetarian diet can easily meets all your nutritional needs, as well as reduce your risk of heart disease, certain cancers and other illnesses, according to Erik Lindbloom, M.D., of the University of Missouri School of Medicine.
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Niacin, or vitamin B3, is essential to healthy nervous system function. It also helps keep your skin and hair healthy. In large doses, it's used to treat high cholesterol and its effects are currently being studied in the treatment of diabetes and other chronic medical conditions.
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Bananas come from tropical and sub-tropical areas. According to Chaquita, it takes about two weeks for bananas to reach your grocery store once they're picked.
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Thin-cut pork chops are so thin that if you don't keep your eye on them, they become tough, dry or even burnt on the outside before reaching a safe internal temperature. They also cook so quickly that you could ruin them in the time it takes to make some accompanying eggs or toast.
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Marinades coat your chicken with flavor while the acids help tenderize the meat and keep it juicy as it cooks. Since frozen chicken should be thawed before you cook it and thawing safely takes time, adding the marinade to the frozen chicken kills two birds with one stone.
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While it's much easier to have a diet centered around pizza and French fries, in reality we all know fruits and vegetables should be our nutritional mainstays. Nearly every diet on the market and health expert you consult echoes the same sentiment: Eat more fruits and vegetables.
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If you have time to toss some pierogies and a few other ingredients into a Crock-Pot before work, you can sail past fatty fast food restaurants and skip some unhealthy choices on your way home. Still, it takes a little more work than throwing them in the pot if you want the best results.
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If you're craving a brat during the grilling off-season, you don't have to suffer or over-pay for a restaurant brat. If you have a stove and some brats, you're just a skillet away from the snap of a juicy brat.
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Hot dog cooking methods are almost as varied as the ways to serve them. You can boil them, steam them, grill them, microwave them and even bake them in the oven. The method you chose depends on what equipment you have, where you'll be cooking them and how you prefer them to taste.
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Bottled water is the most popularly consumed drink in the country, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Those in support of bottled water claim it's convenient, safer and better-tasting than tap water.
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The George Foreman Grill cooks on the top and bottom at the same time and at high heat so you can produce crispy brats that still retain a lot of their natural juices.
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Brats come in a variety of flavors and sizes, from savory beer brats to fancier chicken and herb varieties. Their diversity of flavors makes them a great substitute for plain hot dogs -- especially if you're looking to change up classic picnic or tailgating food without reinventing the wheel.
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Pre-stuffed pork chops require a little special attention to make sure they're safe to eat. Stuffing inside in the chops mixed with the blood and juices of raw pork makes a potentially dangerous breeding ground for illness-inducing bacteria.
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Savvy cooks don't have to skip out on cookies and other indulgent treats while trying to protect their heart health or their waistlines. You can learn tricks to transform recipes with gobs of butter into snacks with significantly less fat and more fiber, vitamins and minerals.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's 2010 dietary guidelines point out that you can enjoy almost any food or drink as long as you make healthy choices most of the time and eat nutritionally barren foods in moderation. Coca Cola fits in the category of foods best enjoyed occasionally rather than regularly.
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The recent rise in popularity of whole grains has the masses trading in their spongy white slices for something more nutritionally -- and physically -- dense. If you rely on color alone, however, you may not chose a bread that contains fiber and nutrient-rich whole grains.
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The food trends seem to be changing from one that encourages any type of carbohydrate consumption to one that favors whole grains and eliminates refined white flour and sugar. Refined white flour and refined white sugar cause rapid blood sugar increases and add empty calories to processed foods.
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Zinc is important for good health. It helps maintain immune function, helps cells divide and repair and helps metabolize carbohydrates for your body to use for energy. You also need zinc for your sense of taste and smell. If you get too much zinc, it could result in a condition called zinc toxicity.
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