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.

Delicious wholewheat toast with guacamole and avocado slices.

10 Effortless Ways to Dress Up Your Avocado Toast

Decadently creamy and mildly sweet, avocado toast is incredibly easy to make: Slice or mash some avocado and spread it on a piece of toast. But don’t let the simplicity of this dish fool you.

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Is Eating Sushi Healthy? Plus the Best & Worst Sushi to Order

Sushi may seem like an incredibly healthy meal because it’s made up of seafood which provides high-quality protein. However, depending on the choices you make you could end up with a lunch or dinner that is very high in carbs and does not contain any significant vegetables.

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10 New Year's Resolutions Nutritionists Want You to Make

As 2016 comes to a close and we’re finishing off the last of the leftover turkey and sweet potato casserole, we start looking ahead to 2017. But while most New Year’s resolutions have the best intentions, it’s rare that they all end up sticking with us.

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9 Easy Coffee Upgrades for the Best Morning Ever

Starting your day with an energizing cup of coffee is a habit you can feel good about. In addition to being almost calorie-free, coffee has been linked to cardiovascular health and protection against Parkinson’s disease, according to the Harvard School of Public Health.

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9 Quick and Easy Roasted Pumpkin Seed Recipes

So you’ve finished carving your pumpkin and moved on to marveling at your masterpiece. But wait: Don’t toss out those pumpkin seeds! Packed with nutritional value, they make the perfect fall snack.

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9 Crispy Fries Even Veggie Haters Will Love

If you’re the type who struggles to meet your daily vegetable intake, here’s an end to your plight. There’s a tasty — and healthy — way to prepare your vegetables: sliced like fries and then crisped in the oven.

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9 Sweet Oatmeal Toppings That Will Transport You to a Bakery

There’s nothing like a comforting bowl of oatmeal to warm you on chilly mornings. Oats are not only one of the best sources of soluble fiber (the type that keeps you full and helps control your cholesterol levels), but they’re also incredibly easy to cook. But a bowl of plain oatmeal can be awfully bland.

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How to Tell if an Apple Is Still Good to Eat?

Apples are an affordable and versatile staple in the average American diet. Available in a range of varieties that differ in texture and sweetness, apples can add flavor to soups, salads or baked goods, or provide an easy and quick snack to be consumed on the go.

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Herbs to Stay Away From on Zoloft

Dietary supplements and herbs provide alternative treatments to several disorders, and can complement conventional medical techniques. However, the active ingredients in some herbs can interact with specific pharmaceuticals, increasing or decreasing the drugs' efficacy and potentially leading to side effects.

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Health Benefits of Pâté

Made from a mixture of liver, fat and seasoning, pâté works well as a snack or dinner party hors d'oeuvre, served with crackers and crudités. Because it has a relatively small serving size but high calorie count -- 90 calories per ounce -- pâté is easy to overeat, so monitor your portion size when snacking.

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Does Echinacea Thin Your Blood?

Your body responds to injury by controlling the thickness and thinness of your blood. Thickening your blood to form clots prevents severe bleeding after injury, but abnormal blood thickness can cause spontaneous clot formation, causing heart attack or stroke.

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What Helps Absorb Vitamin D?

Vitamin D -- an essential nutrient found in dairy products, fatty fish and fortified cereals -- plays a role in your health. It helps maintain strong bones and teeth, supports nerve and muscle function and interacts with your parathyroid gland to help maintain your body's hormone balance.

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What Are the Health Benefits of Concord Grape Juice & Cranberry Juice?

If you're looking to up your fruit intake, consider incorporating 100 percent fruit juice into your diet. Concord grape juice -- the dominant type of grape juice on the market -- and cranberry juice both fit into a healthful diet, and both juices offer nutritional value in the form of phytonutrients and vitamin C.

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Cinnamon Raisin Bagel, buttered and toasted.

What Are the Health Benefits of Cinnamon Raisin Bagels?

If you're looking for a convenient breakfast on the run, it's hard to beat a bagel -- just slap on some peanut butter, or add a few veggies, and go. Cinnamon raisin bagels aren't your best choice for healthy bagels, because they're made with refined grain flour, instead of healthier flour made from whole grains.

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Almond Milk vs. Skim Milk for Weight Loss

Almond milk may be marketed as a substitute for dairy milk, but it's not entirely nutritionally equivalent. When you're trying to lose weight, both almond milk and skim milk have distinct advantages.

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Do Pickles Have the Nutrition of a Cucumber?

Cucumbers are staples in the average American diet, with large cucumbers typically eaten raw and small cucumbers pickled for long-term storage. Even though pickles are made from cucumber, they differ slightly from raw cucumber with respect to their nutrient content.

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