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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Low-Carb & Vegetarian Meal Plans

Low-carb and vegetarian diets don't often go together. After all, eating a low-carb diet usually constitutes eating moderate to large amounts of animal-based proteins and fats, while vegetarian plans are full of carb-containing fruits, vegetables, grains and beans.

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Health Benefits of Raspberries & Blackberries

When you're looking for something to cure a sweet craving, fruit is a much better alternative than sugar-packed cookies, pastries and candy. Raspberries and blackberries offer numerous health benefits in addition to being low in calories.

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Protein Shakes That Suppress Appetite

Hunger is every dieter's worst nightmare. When your calories are lower, it can sometimes seem like you have a never-ending appetite, which many foods just can't suppress. One thing that may help, however, is a protein shake.

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Keto Diet and Meal Plans

The keto diet, shortened from the ketogenic diet, focuses on consuming more fat than carbohydrates. By drastically cutting your carb intake -- usually to less than 50 grams per day -- your body switches to using fat for energy, rather than getting its energy from carbs.

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Coconut Oil Vs. Canola Oil

At first glance, coconut oil and canola oil may appear fairly similar, as they are both fats derived from plant sources and contain a similar number of calories per serving. Aside from that, however, they have plenty of differences.

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Glycogen and Weight Loss

Your body weight can fluctuate by a great degree on a day to day basis -- in some cases up to a few pounds. This is often caused by a change in your body's level of stored carbohydrate, known as glycogen.

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