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.

Diet and Nutrition

What Are the Dangers of Low Sodium Levels?

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Patience Lister

A low level of blood sodium is a sign that your body’s concentration of electrolytes has changed. This condition, which is called hyponatremia, can lead to several dangerous health problems.

Do You Take Prebiotics & Probiotics at the Same Time?

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Patience Lister

Probiotics are the healthy microflora that live in your digestive tract and prebiotics are the nutrients that they use to thrive. Symbiotic products combine probiotics and prebiotics to enhance their beneficial effects.

Patience Lister has been conducting research on natural health products and functional food since 2005. She has been writing since 2009 and has contributed to "Canadian Running Magazine," "iRun Magazine" and "The Vancouver Sun." Lister has a Bachelor of Science in biology from the University of Victoria and a diploma in food technology from the British Columbia Institute of Technology.