Food & Nutrition: Culinary Techniques, Diets & Metabolic Health

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.

Salted peanuts on a paper bag

Can I Eat Peanut Shells?

The peanut, a source of vitamins, protein and fiber, is one of America’s favorite snack foods. Peanut shells, not so much. While eating peanut shells may have never entered your mind, some people do indulge in this unusual snack.

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Cod liver oil capsules

What Does Dr. Oz Recommend for Daily Supplements?

Your body requires a variety of micronutrients to maintain optimum health. They help build and strengthen connective tissue, prevent disease and convert food into energy. Vitamin and mineral deficiencies can impair body processes and seriously compromise your immune system.

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close-up of hand drip coffee

Caffeine Content of Maxwell House

Walk into any grocery store and you may get the caffeine jitters just looking at the overwhelming number of coffee brands, roasts and blends. Maxwell House Coffee, a favorite for generations, offers a full product line to suit even the most discriminating coffee drinker.

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Hot Spring

What Minerals Are in Spring Water?

Many people mistakenly believe that all bottled water is spring water. Most bottled water, however, comes from other types of sources. The website, My Spring Water describes spring water as originating from an underground water supply that flows upward to the earth’s surface.

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Curry with fried egg

Foods to Avoid When You Have Gallstones

According to the National Institutes of Health, gallstones occur when crystalline deposits of digestive fluid form in the gallbladder. The most common types of gallstones tend to result from an excess of cholesterol in the bile.

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