Fast Food Calorie Quiz

How well do you know the number of calories in popular fast food items? Supersized fast food and prepared meals provide more calories than most people need. One meal can have a days worth of calories. Check your knowledge for 25 foods and beverages.

In this video:

• Quick serve, fast food and prepared foods. 00:42
• Calories and excess body fat. 1:19
• Satisfying wants versus needs. 2:24
• Fast food calorie quiz. 4:06

Fast Carbs Versus Slow Carbs

People have talked about carbohydrates decades. The talk revolves around eating too many sugar and starch carbs. This video shares why the type not quantity of carbs can affect your weight and health, and how some natural foods are condemned as high carb and high glycemic index when in truth they are not.

In this video:

• Types of carbohydrates. 00:35
• Fast carbs. 3:44
• Slow carbs. 5:08
• Fast carbs and glycemic index. 6:47
• Slow carb food calories. 10:52

Clinically Proven Dietary Supplement Facts & Myths

When it comes to dietary supplement, clinically proven has little or no meaning since supplement makers are not required by law to prove efficacy before they can sell their products. With the exception of vitamin and mineral supplements, a supplement’s mental and physical benefits are largely due to the placebo effect.

In this video:

• Why food should be your medicine. 00:32
• What are dietary supplements? 1:43
• The unregulated dietary supplement industry. 2:55
• Company funded versus independent research. 3:49
• Clinically proven and peer reviewed! 4:54
• Marketing supplements most people do not need. 6:23
• Common dietary supplement myths. 8:01

Fresh vs. Frozen Fruits & Vegetables

Advantages and disadvantages between fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables including nutrition, flavor, texture, and storage life.

In this video:

• Fresh produce advantages & disadvantages. 00:39
• Frozen produce advantages & disadvantages. 2:58
• Organic versus nonorganic. 4:59
• Produce freshness and essential nutrients. 6:43

Human Growth Hormone (HGH) Facts & Myths

Human growth hormone (HGH) is essential for healthy growth. Its production declines with age. People reach gigantic height and proportions due to high HGH production.

HGH boosting dietary supplements for claiming to reduce fatigue, increase sleep, and reduce the signs of aging (wrinkles, aging skin). They are marketing primarily to women. Apparently males with low HGH levels do not concern makers of the products. HGH dietary supplement have no HGH. Synthetic HGH requires a doctor’s prescription. HGH supplements are a combination of herbs and amino acids. Amino acids come from dietary protein. Most Americans eat too much protein.

Like most dietary supplements, there are no independent research studies validating any claimed health benefits.

In this video:

• What is human growth hormone (HGH)? 00:47
• Prescription HGH versus dietary supplements. 2:39
• Prescription HGH health benefits. 5:39
• Prescription HGH side effects. 6:02
• Why food should be your medicine. 6:21

Margarine and Shortening Facts & Myths

There are many myths about margarine and shortening, two solid fats made by hydrogenating vegetable oils, ranging from a healthier, low saturated fat alternative to butter and other animal fats to being toxic to animals and humans.

In This video:

• What are margarine and shortening? 00:46
• Food chemistry 101. 1:38
• What is hydrogenation? 2:47
• Partial versus full hydrogenation. 3:28
• Margarine and shortening ingredients and additives. 5:08
• Margarine and shortening facts and myths. 6:40

High Copper, Zinc and Selenium Foods

Sample of common foods high in the essential trace minerals, copper, zinc, and selenium.

In this video:

• What are trace minerals? 00:39
• Copper’s functions, RDA and foods. 1:40
• Selenium’s functions, RDA and foods. 4:10
• Zinc’s functions, RDA and foods. 6:11

Easy High Protein Baked Fish With Potatoes And Carrots

Easy baked fish recipe with potatoes and carrots that takes as little as 10 minutes to prepare and provides about 35 grams of protein and 5 grams of fiber for 400 calories.

This recipe makes 3 to 6 servings. Nutrition information is based on 3 servings providing at 14 ounces of food for about 400 calories.

Unlike frozen and prepared meals, this recipe uses all natural ingredients and has no chemical additives or preservatives.

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Poor diets are contributing not only to weight gain and obesity, but to an increase in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD). NAFLD can damage the livers ability to regenerate increasing the risk of cirrohis.

In this video:

• What is nonalcoholic fatty liver disease? 00:38
• What causes NAFLD? 1:60
• Symptoms of NAFLD. 2:47
• Preventing NAFLD. 3:54

Does Salt Increase Blood Pressure?

Sodium is an essential mineral. The main source of sodium for most people is salt (sodium chloride). Sodium is found naturally in foods and added to prepared foods. While the recommended amount of daily added sodium is 2.300 mg, most people diets high in prepared foods consume significantly more. Salt is an inexpensive flavor enhancer.

While high sodium diets can increase the risk of high blood pressure in some people, people with healthy kidneys and eating high potassium diets can consume more sodium without developing high blood pressure.

Instead of guessing if your blood sodium levels are too low or high, the Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP) blood test measures your levels of sodium, potassium, and chloride. In some U.S. states, you  do not need a doctors order for a CMP test. CMP also includes blood protein and calcium levels.

In this video:

• What is salt? 00:43
• Salt versus sodium. 1:13
• Sodium and blood pressure. 3:02
• Added salt and blood pressure. 3:53
• Prepared foods and sodium. 5:56
• DASH diet, sodium and blood pressure. 6:39

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