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.
Monoglycerides and diglycerides are food additives commonly used to combine ingredients containing fats with those containing water, two types of ingredients that don't ordinarily combine well. Food manufacturers typically use them to extend a product's shelf life.
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Blanching is the brief boiling or steaming of whole foods like fruits and vegetables to kill the enzymes that would otherwise cause unwanted changes to the food during preservation and storage. These changes include loss of color, flavor, texture and nutrient density.
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Scientific evidence suggests a high-fiber diet lowers cholesterol levels. There are a variety of classifications for fiber, such as soluble and insoluble, viscous and nonviscous, and while all fiber seems to possess some cholesterol-lowering properties, certain types might be more effective than others.
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Honey and maple syrup may both be sweeteners sold as more natural alternatives to refined sugar, but their similarities practically end there. For starters, maple syrup is man-made, produced from heating the sap of the maple tree, while honey is a natural product produced by bees from pollen as a food source.
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Two among many different types of yeast, brewer's yeast and baker's yeast both turn sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide. Both of these yeasts are made from strains of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae fungus, but each from different strains of this species.
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Celery contains certain toxins called psoralens with potentially carcinogenic effects and goitrogens with potentially anti-thyroid effects. Celery is also one of the vegetables highest in pesticide content, unless it is organically grown, and is vulnerable to a kind of mold called mycotoxins.
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A 2002 statement in the American Heart Association journal "Circulation" says that numerous studies have demonstrated that two omega-3 fatty acids present in cod liver oil and fish oils like salmon oil can help to reduce heart disease both in healthy individuals and people with pre-existing cardiovascular disease.
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Both red and white clover are perennial legumes high in protein and fiber that are widely used as forage for animal grazing and pastures. They are typically planted with companion grasses and used as a cover crop during crop rotation, particularly organic crops.
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In childhood, the body produces HGH, or human growth hormone, to spur musculoskeletal growth. It produces increasingly more of this growth hormone until peaking when the body experiences its growth spurt in puberty.
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