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.
While cayenne is familiar to many as a seasoning for foods, this long, red pepper is also known for its medicinal properties. Used either fresh or dried, the spicy-tasting vegetable adds heat to foods and has been used traditionally to help with digestive and circulatory problems.
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Irritated bowels -- more commonly known as irritable bowel syndrome -- are considered a functional gastrointestinal disorder. This means the symptoms of IBS affect how your GI tract works, but there's no intestinal damage.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture recommends eating 2 to 3 cups of vegetables a day, but it's your choice whether you eat them raw or cooked. Eating raw vegetables means that heat-sensitive and water-soluble nutrients are not lost, as they would be during cooking.
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Made from grapes, balsamic vinegar is known for its rich flavor and velvety black color. It's fermented in wooden barrels, much like wine, and the taste of balsamic vinegar intensifies the longer it is aged. The thicker and more intense the flavor becomes, the less you need to use to provide a taste boost.
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A healthy substitute for red meat, chicken takes well to a number of cooking methods and is readily available. Frozen chicken is often cheaper than fresh chicken and has the added benefit of having longer storage times than fresh chicken does. You can also freeze extra fresh chicken.
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Green tea is widely associated with a number of health benefits. Produced from the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant, green tea, unlike black or oolong tea, is not fermented during the production process.
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Acacia powder is made by grinding up acacia gum, which is naturally produced by the acacia tree, an evergreen belonging to the legume family that is native to Africa. Consumed as a dietary supplement for its high soluble-fiber content, acacia powder can be taken in capsule or tablet form, or as a loose powder.
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African red tea, more commonly called rooibos tea, comes from the South African red bush and is naturally caffeine-free. It can be in the form of either green or red rooibos tea -- but red tea, the fermented variety, is more common.
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Hot sauce -- whether it's a classic vinegar-based sauce made with cayenne peppers or a more exotic blend containing habaneros and fruit -- adds pizzazz to your meal.
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While you might know artichokes as a globular delicacy, with multiple overlapping leaves, this part is actually the flower of the plant. The longer, serrated, “true” leaves found along the stem of the plant are dried to make artichoke tea.
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Because the potato is most often associated with baking, boiling or roasting for side dishes, juicing one may not have occurred to you. But, potato juice is nutrient-rich.
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Young coconut meat is the soft, rich-tasting flesh of green coconuts, produced from the coconut palm tree. Before they fully mature, coconuts are green, with a thicker, fibrous outer shell.
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Whether silky-smooth and cold-smoked, served over a cream cheese-smeared bagel, or as the hot-smoked, richly flaky, rosy-pink centerpiece of a charcuterie platter, smoked salmon is a culinary indulgence that can easily be purchased in regular grocery stores as well as specialty food shops.
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Freshly made juices let you drink in the many health benefits of fruits and vegetables. Raw beets and apples are two of the more popular fresh juices. Because of their sweet taste and rich flavor, they're tasty as well as nutritious.
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Hair loss caused by lost weight may occur because your body is stressed, and it's conserving energy and protein for other functions. It may also be blamed on a dietary deficiency.
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A condiment common to Asian cuisine, soy sauce was discovered in China more than 2,500 years ago, according to manufacturer Kikkoman. Soy sauce adds a pungent, salty taste to your food, along with a range of nutritional benefits.
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Crisp and pale green, celery is a low-calorie vegetable that's chock-full of nutrients. A 1-cup serving of fresh celery juice -- produced from 4 cups of chopped raw celery -- has 65 calories, less than 0.7 grams of fat and almost 2.8 grams of protein. This makes celery juice a good choice to help you get 3.
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Psyllium is a soluble fiber produced from the Plantago ovata shrub. When exposed to fluids, the husk — from the outer portion of the seeds of the plant — swells up to create a gel. The powder has a finer texture than the husk, and is more commonly used in capsules.
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Quinoa comes in three main varieties: red, black and white. Of these, white quinoa, or regular quinoa, is the most familiar. All three are similar in nutritional content, although red and black quinoa take slightly longer to cook.
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As hair ages, it naturally falls out, while new hair is constantly produced. While increased hair loss can be a result of disease, genetics or aging, your diet also places a role in maintaining healthy hair.
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