Category Archives: Nutrients

Is Vitamin D Lost During Cooking?

Is Vitamin D Lost During Cooking?

Vitamin D deficiency is of a great health concern for both children and adults. Inadequate vitamin D status is associated with risk for cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, inadequate immune defense, asthma, allergies and more. Vitamin D is present in foods of animal origin such as fish, meat, eggs, milk and in some types of mushrooms.Continue Reading

Olive Oil Benefits Still Superior Even When Heated in Cooking.

Olive Oil Benefits Still Superior Even When Heated in Cooking.

Olive oil is the main source of fat in Mediterranean regions and now is becoming very popular among other countries including United States, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Australia and others. The popularity of this oil is mostly due to its nutritional benefits. Why is olive oil different from other vegetable oils? First of all, olive fruitsContinue Reading

How to Reduce Carcinogens in Your Steak

How to Reduce Carcinogens in Your Steak

Cooking meat has several benefits: killing bacteria, making it easily digestible, improving texture, and probably most expected- improving flavor. But did you know compounds in your meat change during the heating process and become carcinogenic? The formation of carcinogens is a result of the reaction between creatine (muscle energy), free amino acids (building blocks ofContinue Reading

Power of Milk

Power of Milk

We’ve talked about milk and its proteins before when we went over the different major kinds of proteins, but casein and whey aren’t milks only beneficial nutrients.  The naturally high blend of protein and carbohydrates makes milk a great choice to fuel muscles after a workout so they are primed and ready to go againContinue Reading

Saturated Fat May Be Safe for the Heart and Arteries

Saturated Fat May Be Safe for the Heart and Arteries

You probably have heard about the new popular diet, “Paleo diet”, revered by fans of crossfit and heavy weight lifting. In short, this diet is trying to simulate a cave man diet. Those people eliminate sugars and grains and substitute it with the more meat, eggs and fat in their meals. They also probably toldContinue Reading

What is in your chicken nuggets?

What is in your chicken nuggets?

What is in you chicken nuggets? Don’t rush to answer, chicken. A recent study suggests that a favorite American fast food’s chicken nuggets contain less than 50 percent chicken. The University of Mississippi examined chicken nuggets from two national fast food chain restaurants in Jackson, Mississippi. Richard DeShazo and his colleges found that the nuggetsContinue Reading

Why some people have Milk/Lactose-Intolerance

Why some people have Milk/Lactose-Intolerance

Some of us are consuming cow milk at least once daily with breakfast cereal, then cheese with our burger for lunch and cheese-cake or yogurt or even ice-cream for a snack or desert. But have you ever questioned of where and when we started consuming cow’s milk and for how long adult-humans have been consumingContinue Reading

High Fructose Corn Syrup vs. Sucrose: Does it really matter?

High Fructose Corn Syrup vs. Sucrose: Does it really matter?

Sucrose and high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) are common ingredients found in many processed foods. High US import taxes on sucrose and a more shelf stable product made HFCS the frontrunner of sugar and sweetener’s used to help manufacturer’s reduce production costs. An association made by handful of researchers between the increased use of HFCSContinue Reading

Replenishing Electrolytes

Replenishing Electrolytes

Electrolytes are minerals such as sodium and potassium that are essential for normal bodily function, but during exercise these substances are lost in sweat. In just an hour of moderate physical activity it is possible to sweat about 2 liters and each liter of perspiration contains around .9 grams of sodium and .2 grams ofContinue Reading

Sleep Deprivation May Cause Your Afternoon Food Cravings, Leading to Obesity

Sleep Deprivation May Cause Your Afternoon Food Cravings, Leading to Obesity

Short sleep duration, less than 7 hours per night, increases the risk of being obese compared to those who sleep 7-8 hours per night. Previous studies showed this association several times, yet could not show a cause-effect relation due to some strong limitations of those studies. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition published the latestContinue Reading

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