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.
Quaker Oats Company, a member of PepsiCo as of 2001, first introduced Quaker Instant Oatmeal in 1966. Oatmeal provides essential vitamins and minerals, which help to promote heart health and general well-being. Oatmeal contains both insoluble and soluble fiber and is a valuable source of whole grains.
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With a heavier texture than traditional potato chips, baked Lay's Original Potato Crisps have no trans fat, gluten, casein, lactose, MSG, porcine or soy. These ingredients are common allergens. Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye and barley. Casein is a protein found in milk. Lactose is a sugar found in milk.
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Several types of shellfish can be purchased in your local grocer's fresh fish and frozen food section. These selections are available either partially prepared and cooked, completely raw or completely prepared, ready to heat and serve.
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Consider vegetables with a built-in herbicide, or grains containing mega-vitamins, or maybe harvesting decaffeinated coffee directly from the tree. All of these biotechnologically enhanced plant foods have been created to improve, change or dramatically enhance the natural genetic makeup of these plants.
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Chemical food additives preserve shelf life by reducing or eliminating the growth of microorganisms that cause food decay. These added chemicals are controversial as some may have a detrimental effect on your health.
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Marketed as a health related product by Dannon, in the United States, and Danone elsewhere, Activia yogurt, a probiotic dairy product, can be found in your grocer’s dairy section.
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Providing 30 ways to add a little pizzazz to your coffee, Coffee-mate non-dairy coffee creamer comes in 23 regular flavors and seven seasonal flavors. Coffee-mate is available in reduced fat, sugar free, liquid and powder forms.
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Nabisco, the maker of Honey Maid Graham Crackers, has refined the graham cracker recipe to make its crackers a major kitchen staple. Honey Maid Graham Crackers can be eaten as a snack, and also crushed and used to make pie crusts, and as a topping for puddings and pies.
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Milk, as well as milk products, contains several essential vitamins and minerals as well as macronutrients such as fat, protein and carbohydrates. Milk and other dairy products prevent osteoporosis, cavities and other ailments.
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Inositol, known as vitamin B8, is not a true vitamin at all because the human body has the ability to manufacture small amounts of this compound on its own. Regardless of this fact, inositol is essential for healthy cell membranes and to support messenger chemicals throughout the body.
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Easy Mac, a product of Kraft Foods, comes with a cup and a single serving of pasta and cheese sauce to which you add water and microwave. While the product may be convenient and quick to prepare, it contains additives that provide no nutritional advantage over traditional macaroni and cheese.
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Citric acid occurs naturally in fruits and vegetables, and serves as a natural preservative and flavoring in foods and drinks. Citric acid is also crucial in the Krebs cycle of human metabolism, involving the oxidation of fats, proteins and carbohydrates.
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Pasta can be made from a wide variety of whole grain flours, including wheat, rice, corn and spelt, providing varying degrees of nutrition. Most commercially sold eggs in the U.S.
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Suffering with abdominal upset, such as gas, cramps, bloating, constipation or diarrhea, could mean you are not tolerating that glass of milk you had at breakfast or that slice of cheese you had for lunch. Being lactose intolerant means you can't digest the lactose or natural sugars found in most dairy products.
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Pringles chips, sold in stores since 1968, are essentially made from dried potato flakes then shaped, stacked and stored in an airtight canister, which keeps the chips or “crisps” fresh. It takes three to four processed potatoes to pack a Pringles can.
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Shedd’s Spread Country Crock is a line of products used to replace butter and margarine. However, before buying one of these products, here is a lesson in dietary fats. When choosing fats, pick unsaturated, such as polyunsaturated and monounsaturated, over saturated and trans fat.
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The healthiest cereals contain whole grains, little or no sugar, no saturated or trans fat, few calories, no cholesterol, low sodium and are high in fiber. The catch is that cereal still needs to be palatable; otherwise, if you are simply pushing it aside to grab the toaster pastries, it is not helping you at all.
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Life Cereal, distributed by Quaker Oats Company, is promoted as a healthy food but may not necessarily belong on a "Best Breakfast" list.
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Available in original, fat-free and sugar-free, and with a long list of flavors, International Delight coffee creamers seem to have met everyone’s needs when it comes to flavored coffee.
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With the McDonald’s guarantee of a fresh pot every 30 minutes, you are sure to get a piping hot cup of coffee that hasn’t been sitting around all morning. Made with 100 percent pure Arabica coffee beans, McDonalds’s medium roast coffee has been coming from the same master blender for 25 years.
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