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.

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Calories in Cappuccino

Cappuccino is coffee combined with steamed milk. Black coffee contains few calories, so the calories in a cappuccino come mainly from the milk and will vary depending on the fat content and type of milk used.

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Natural Substitute for Pancake Syrup

From crepes to fritters, a variety of pancakes find their way to dining tables around the world. Evolving from their humble beginning of simply flour and water, today’s pancakes look and taste more like delicious works of art, boasting ingredients such as dark chocolate, shaved lemon and ricotta cheese.

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Banana As Substitute for Oil Ratio

Preparing baked goods with oil helps produce a moister, denser product but can add a significant amount of fat and calories. To lower the fat content in baked goods, the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute recommends substituting applesauce or prune puree for oil, shortening or lard in baked goods.

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Boiling vs. Baking Chicken

Chicken -- the ubiquitous white meat -- is delicious, nutritious and easy to prepare. However, while there may be a flock of ways to cook a chicken, many recipes call for simply baking or boiling the bird. Both methods produce moist, tender meat with a slight variation in the flavor and nutritional makeup.

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What Do I Do if I Eat Too Much Fiber?

Getting enough dietary fiber is beneficial for your digestive, cardiovascular and overall health. Dietary fiber from foods like beans, vegetables, fruits, whole grains and nuts help lower your risk for disease and enable you to maintain a healthy weight.

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How to Season Tilapia for Baking

The tender, flaky tilapia fish swam up the stream of popularity to snag a spot in the top five of the best-selling seafood in the U.S. in 2013, says the American Tilapia Association -- and for good reason. Each ounce of tilapia delivers 7 grams of protein and only 36 calories.

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How to Make Chicken Stew Out of Leftover Chicken

Whether you made a simple or exotic chicken recipe, you can make delicious chicken stew from leftover chicken in less than 30 minutes. Chicken stew can be made in one pot using leftover baked, broiled or boiled chicken breasts, thighs or other meat, and supplies a host of nutritional benefits.

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How to Make Chicken Curry With Curry Powder

While there is some speculation over the origin of the word, most people associate curry with a blend of spices or a spicy sauce. Some of the most popular powdered curry spice originates from India and Turkey. You can buy curry powder or make your own.

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How to Cook a Moist Ham With Foil

Ham is made from the front leg of a hog, while the back leg renders a pork shoulder picnic. The butt portion of a ham tends to be leaner while the shank is easier to carve. Hams come fresh or ready-to-eat.

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What Are the Benefits of Bee Venom?

According to the American Apitherapy Association, apitherapy, or "bee therapy" is the medicinal use of products made by honeybees, such as honey, pollen and venom. Bee venom therapy uses the venom from bees to treat ailments that don't respond to traditional Western medicine.

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Should an Athlete Drink Cold or Warm Water?

Perhaps the most important aspect of an athlete’s diet may be his fluid intake. According to the University of Missouri Extension, an athlete may begin to experience dehydration after losing as little as 1 percent of his body weight.

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How to Cook Top Sirloin

If beef is what's for dinner, you can't go too far wrong with a juicy, economical top sirloin steak or roast. Top sirloin is a lean cut of beef from the sirloin, or lower back portion, of a cow.

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The Calories in Scotch & Wine

Wine is usually made from grapes, whereas scotch, also called scotch whiskey, is made from barley and may be blended with other grains. Both these alcoholic beverages contain calories from the alcohol. While you can incorporate alcohol into a low-calorie diet, portion control is key.

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Ingredients Found in Flintstones Vitamins

Flintstones Complete Vitamins are shaped like all the famous Flintstones characters and combine 20 nutrients in one tablet. They also contain other ingredients that make the tablets taste good and look appealing to children.

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How Many Calories Should You Eat to Weigh 140 Pounds?

Different people need different amounts of calories to maintain a healthy weight. Calories help fuel the body and prevent it from burning stored fat for basic functions. When you eat the proper amount of calories, your body functions efficiently and you neither lose nor gain weight.

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How Many Calories Are in a Cup of Tea With Milk?

French aristocrat Marie de Rabutin-Chantal makes the first mention of adding milk to tea in her writings in 1680, according to Worldmags. Milk adds creaminess -- and calories -- to an otherwise low-calorie beverage.

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Side Effects of Maca Man

Maca Man is a supplement marketed by GNC, a manufacturer and distributor of thousands of vitamins and nutritional supplements. The label says Maca Man contains 900 milligrams of Peruvian maca, 5 milligrams of Yohimbe, as well as L-arginine, niacin, and gingko biloba.

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