Best Essential Dietary Nutrient Foods Part VI – Water

Many people neglect or ignore the need to be hydrated throughout the day.

Water is essential for good health and hydration. A healthy person can go weeks or months without food, but can only survive a few days without water. Becoming dehydrated in a hot, arid climate can result in heat exhaustion or heat stroke in only a few hours. Untreated, heat stroke can cause death.

The video shares why water is an ignored essential nutrient and that food is a major source of dietary water.

Best Essential Dietary Nutrient Foods Part V – Minerals

How most healthy people can obtain all essential minerals from their diet without taking dietary supplements. This video shares which foods are the best sources of essential minerals, essential macro and trace minerals, their functions, USRDA and sample high mineral foods.

In this video:

• Why are minerals essential? 00:38
• Which minerals are essential? 1:00
• Food vs. dietary supplement minerals. 1:38
• Mineral RDA and best food sources. 2:58

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Best Essential Dietary Nutrient Foods Part IV – Vitamins

This video shares why vitamins are essential, the USRDA for essential vitamins and best food sources. Most healthy adults cam obtain all essential vitamins eating a balanced diet of carbohydrates, fats and protein.

In this video:

• Why are vitamins essential? 00:43
• Why you need vitamins. 1:13
• Fat vs water soluble vitamins. 1:52
• Food vs. dietary supplement vitamins. 3:15
• Vitamin RDA and best food sources. 4:53

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Best Essential Dietary Nutrient Foods Part III – Carbohydrates

Why carbohydrates from plant foods are essential. Plant foods are a natural source of fiber and 100s of micronutrients like polyphenols.

In this video:

• What are carbohydrates? 00:43
• Why carbs are essential. 2:12
• Good carbs, bad carbs. 3:30
• How many carbs do you need? 5:48
• Fiber, vitamins, minerals & phytochemicals. 12:03
• Carbs, food allergies and anti-nutrients. 14:49

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Coffee Dehydration Myth

Some people including doctors claim drinking coffee causes dehydration. Coffee is the third most popular beverage in the world behind water and tea.

Caffeine in coffee and to a lesser extant tea can increase urination. Increased urination without replenish lost fluids can cause dehydration. But, with millions of coffee drinkers and tens of thousands of coffee shops around the world there have been no reported incidence of coffee drinkers being hospitalized with coffee induced dehydration.

In This video:

• What is dehydration? 00:34
• Your brain and fluid levels. 1:49
• Does caffeine cause dehydration? 2:50

Best Essential Dietary Nutrient Foods Part II – Protein

Protein is an essential nutrient. The human body does not use protein directly, it uses nine essential amino acids in protein to produce proteins like muscle cells and hemoglobin.

Many prepared foods emphasize their protein content and protein supplements including powders, bars and beverages may provide more protein them most people need.

In this video:

• Protein, energy, and muscles. 00:42
• Protein and amino acids. 2:53
• How much protein do you need? 4:37

This is the second video in a six part series about essential nutrients.

Best Essential Dietary Nutrient Foods Part I – Fats

Dietary fat is an essential nutrient. This video shares why dietary fat is essential and risks associated with eating diets high in fat especially saturated fat from meat, dairy, butter, and coconut oil.

This video is part I of a six part video serious about obtaining essential nutrients from natural, low calorie foods.

Added Sodium Versus Natural Sodium

Sodium is an essential mineral found in most foods. The most common source of sodium is salt. Diets high in prepared foods including restaurant foods provide too much added sodium. High sodium diets can increase the risk of high blood pressure in people who are sodium sensitive or have kidney disease.

In this video:

• What is sodium?
• Added versus natural sodium.
• RDA for added sodium.
• High natural sodium foods.
• Low natural sodium foods.
• High added sodium foods.

Is A2 Milk More Digestible Than A1 Milk?

Can switching from A1 to A2 cow’s milk prevent gastrointestinal discomfort? Included in this video:

• What is A2 cow’s milk?
• Are your symptoms caused by protein or sugar (carb)?
• A2 milk and lactose intolerance.
• A1 versus A2 milk self-help.
• Nutrition information.

Should You Eat A High Or Low Potassium Diet?

Potassium is an essential nutrient. Depending on your source of information, the recommended amount of daily potassium is between 2,500 to 4,700 milligrams. Since potassium deficiency is so rare in the U.S., there is no official recommend dietary allowance (RDA). Many food manufacturers use 4,000 mg a day to calculate the daily value (DV) listed on nutrition facts labels.

RDA’s and DV’s apply to healthy people. People with chronic kidney disease (CKD) must restrict potassium and other minerals because their kidneys cannot remove excess amounts. And in many cases, including potassium, high blood levels can be as dangerous as low levels.

One Interest rumor is that people with CKD must avoid high potassium foods. That is a myth. People with CKD must limit total daily potassium to essential amount. Whether the potassium comes high or low potassium foods is up to each individual.

In this video:

• How much dietary potassium do you need?
• Blood potassium levels.
• Low and high potassium symptoms.
• Who should limit potassium?
• High and low potassium foods and diets.

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