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.
Gastritis, which occurs when the inside wall of the stomach is inflamed, interferes with the absorption of some vitamins and minerals. Taking a multivitamin is a good way to fill nutritional gaps caused by gastritis, but you may need to pay extra attention to a few individual vitamins and minerals.
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Eating a handful of peanuts daily may lower your risk of developing heart disease, according to the Harvard School of Public Health. However, the Harvard report also points out that gobbling peanuts in addition to consuming your usual snacks and meals could undo the health benefits.
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Only a few foods, such as omega-3 fatty acids, have a direct impact on your heart rate. Others influence it by keeping your heart and blood vessels in top condition. Following a balanced diet is essential, but regular exercise, maintaining an optimal weight and managing daily stress are equally important.
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Your bones need more than plain calcium. They’re actually made from calcium phosphate. When it comes to this combination of nutrients, your diet has a better chance of lacking the calcium, but you probably don't need to worry about phosphate.
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Putting oatmeal on the dinner menu has the potential to enhance weight loss. Oatmeal is filling, it is packed with ingredients that fight hunger, and it's lower in calories than other whole grains you might normally have for dinner, such as brown rice.
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Alpha-lipoic acid and conjugated linoleic acid share a few things in common, most notably the fact that they're both fatty acids. They both impact blood sugar control in people with diabetes, but only one of them -- conjugated linoleic acid -- may make it difficult to keep blood sugar balanced.
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If you encountered pure malic acid, the dry powder could seriously damage your eyes, irritate your skin and affect your breathing. But for most people, malic acid is safe. It's an organic acid naturally found in fruits and vegetables. Malic acid is also produced commercially and added to foods, beverages and candy.
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Every time you enjoy citrus fruits, you consume citric acid produced by nature. Your body makes its own supply because citric acid is essential for producing the energy that keeps you active and healthy.
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Beef, pork, poultry and fish all belong on a weight loss menu. As long as you choose lean cuts and don’t add a lot of fat during cooking, you can enjoy a serving for about 120 to 200 calories.
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If you consume the recommended dietary allowance of vitamin C and you don’t have health problems, you should absorb plenty to meet your needs. But when you boost your intake above the RDA, you won't gain the benefit unless you spread it out over several meals or supplement doses.
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One of the most abundant neurotransmitters in the body, glutamic acid, or glutamate, has the job of stimulating nerve cells in the central nervous system. As an amino acid, it’s used to produce another amino acid called glutamine.
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Fresh vegetable juice is a healthy option for meeting your daily vegetable requirement. When you juice raw vegetables, you gain almost all of their natural nutrients, including antioxidant phytochemicals.
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When your recipe calls for fresh ginger and you only have ground ginger on hand, you need to know how much to use as a substitution. But even equivalent amounts have different nutritional and health benefits.
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If you have a history of calcium oxalate kidney stones or kidney disease, you may need to limit oxalate consumption. Plants naturally contain oxalic acid, so if you eat a balanced diet that includes fruits, vegetables, beans and nuts, you also consume oxalic acid, or oxalate.
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If you ate a high-carb meal at breakfast, then had the same meal for dinner, your body would not turn more carbs into fat after dinner than it would at breakfast. But as you probably suspect, the answer is not that straightforward.
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Dieter’s tea refers to many different brands of beverages carrying names such as herbal dieter’s tea, dieter’s drink, super dieter’s tea or similar variations. Below the name on the label, you’ll usually see a tagline telling you that the drink offers herbal support to promote cleansing.
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A low-carb diet and calorie counting share two qualities -- they’ll both help you lose weight and keep it off, as long as you stick with the plan. Otherwise, they’re very different. One counts carbs but not calories, while the other counts calories but not carbs.
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Ripe pineapples should be yellow at the base, have no brown spots and should smell sweet at the stem end. They provide many vitamins and minerals; they are a good source of vitamin B6, vitamin C, folate, thiamin, manganese, potassium and dietary fiber.
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You can reap the health advantages of cutting down on carbs -- like losing weight and balancing blood sugar -- and still keep up with your daily fiber. Getting plenty of dietary fiber is not optional if you want optimal health.
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When cashews are blended with water, the result is a creamy liquid referred to as cashew milk. Cashew milk is lactose-free, but the nutrients vary depending on whether you make it at home or buy a commercially prepared product.
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