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.

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Breakfast Ideas for Type O Blood

If you're following the blood type diet, there are plenty of ways to eat right for your blood type and make breakfasts for blood type O. Try one of these!

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Overview of the Grey Sheet Diet Plan

Although Overeaters Anonymous no longer endorses the Grey Sheet Diet, other organizations, including GreySheeters Anonymous, continue to encourage new members to follow it.

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How to Grill a Frozen Burger

Frozen, preformed ground-beef patties are a quick, economical and easy way to grill hamburgers for a crowd. If time allows, you can defrost the beef patties in the refrigerator prior to grilling.

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Abs Diet for Vegetarians

Developed by Men's Health editor in chief David Zinczenko, the Abs Diet is based on the premise that eating certain foods every day will help you lose weight and gain lean muscle mass.

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Lamb Brain Nutrition

Lamb brains are a good source of protein and other nutrients such as B vitamins and antioxidants. But consider the excessive amount of cholesterol they contain.

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Dr. Sebi Diet

Dr. Sebi, a native Honduran who refers to himself as an intracellular therapist and herbalist, claims an organic, vegan, largely raw diet will cleanse your cells of toxins and cure diseases. He founded the USHA Healing Village in Honduras to help teach his ideas about dietary and herbal therapy.

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Chicken for Gout Sufferers

You can still eat chicken if you have gout, but you'll need to choose certain preparation methods and limit how much you eat. Chicken, like all other types of poultry, meat, fish and shellfish, is a source of purines. Purines are broken down into uric acid in your body.

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Gout Diet With Fish

Gout sufferers need to avoid foods high in purines -- naturally occurring compounds that your body metabolizes into uric acid. When your blood has too high a concentration of uric acid, it can accumulate in your joints, causing the swelling, inflammation and pain characteristic of gout.

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List of Foods That Raise Uric Acid

Uric acid is created in your body as a byproduct of the breakdown of purines, compounds that occur naturally in a variety of plant- and animal-based foods. Your kidneys remove uric acid from the blood and eliminate it in your urine.

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How to Smoke Ribs in the Oven

It's possible to cook ribs in your oven to give them the type of smoky flavor usually only associated with outdoor grills or smokers. But you'll need to use a different method than what typical oven-baked rib recipes call for.

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Cooking Chickpeas in a Slow Cooker With Baking Soda

While you can cook them successfully on the stovetop, preparing them in a slow cooker is simple, requires little oversight and, with the optional addition of baking soda, yields soft, easily digestible legumes.

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How to Keep Cooked Salmon in the Freezer

The average American consumes about 3.5 ounces of seafood per week, reports the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This is only 50 percent of the amount of fish the American Heart Association recommends healthy adults should eat weekly to lower the risk of heart disease and high blood cholesterol.

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Sore Joints From Too Much Protein

Eating a large amount of protein will not directly cause your joints to become sore. However, regularly consuming protein in excess of your body's need for the nutrient can contribute to the development of medical problems that result in sore joints.

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Smoothies for Gastroparesis

Gastroparesis, a condition in which the stomach digests food too slowly or not at all, can develop as a side effect of diabetes, digestive surgery, cancer treatments, eating disorders, endocrine or neurological problems or certain medications.

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How to Cook Mung Bean

If you've ever eaten the thick, white bean sprouts located in the produce section of your grocery store, you've had one form of mung bean. In their whole, dried form, mung beans are small and round. The unpeeled beans are brown, while the peeled beans can be yellow, green or black.

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What Are Uncured Hot Dogs?

The hot dogs you've had at the ballpark or during a backyard barbecue were most likely cured hot dogs. While they're some of the most popular varieties of cured meat, they aren't the only type of hot dog: hot dogs can also come uncured.

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