Complete Nutrition Guide: Superfoods, Keto & Metabolic Health

Nutritional planning involves balancing macronutrients, understanding calorie formulas, and identifying the functional properties of whole foods to manage weight and chronic conditions effectively.

Special Dietary Considerations Food and Health

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Calorie Shifting Diet Meal Plans

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Pha Lo

Calorie-shifting meal plans change calories consumption from one day to the next so that over the course of a week, calories equal an average number that allows you to reach weight management goals.

How Does the Food We Eat Actually Give Us Energy?

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Pha Lo

Food provides units of energy in the form of calories that give our bodies fuel to perform all functions from the most basic like breathing to more complicated activities. We need a minimum amount of calories from food to sustain basic metabolic functions and more to carry out physical activities.

Pha Lo has received fellowships from the American Society of Newspaper Editors and the California Women's Foundation. Her work has been published in the "San Francisco Chronicle," "Sacramento Bee," "Pacific News Service" and "Audrey Magazine." She graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts in political science. Lo is a nutrition educator and a certified food safety manager.