Tips For Novice Cooks: Sugar
- At April 26, 2024
- By Daniel
- In Cooking Tips, Education, New Video
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Overview of granulated sugars available to consumers for home cooking and baking.
In this video:
• Natural versus added sugars. 00:35
• Types of sugar. 00:50
• Measuring sugars. 1:36
• Storing sugar. 2:14
Do Your Meals Provide 30 Grams Of Protein?
Many healthy people eat diets providing more protein than they need. The supplement industry wants you to believe otherwise.
Some guidelines recommend getting 30 or more grams per meal (90 g per day).
Take this videos quiz to check if know what meals provide less, more, or equal 30 grams of protein.
In this video:
• How much is 30 grams of protein? 00:40
• Protein and amino acids. 1:24
• Animal versus plant protein. 2:10
• 30 grams of protein meal quiz. 3:37
The Chemical American Diet (CAD)
- At April 14, 2024
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Education, Health & Wellness, New Video
- 0
Prepared foods have 100’s of untested or poorly tested chemical additives saving food makers millions of dollars, but can adversely affect the consumers health and damage DNA.
In tis video:
• Better eating through chemistry? 00:37
• The Age of Obesity. 3:38
• Diet and your DNA. 5:06
29 Low Phosphorous Foods
- At April 08, 2024
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Education, Health & Wellness, New Video
- 0
Phosphorous is an essential nutrient. Some prepared foods like colas and cured meats have high levels of added phosphorous. This video highlights 29 plant and animal foods providing between 7 mg and 320 mg of phosphorus per serving.
In this video:
• Phosphorous: an essential nutrient. 00:33
• Phosphorous in natural foods. 00:57
• Phosphorous and prepared foods. 1:18
• 28 low phosphorous foods. 2:07
Marketing Tricks: Reverse Mortgages
- At April 02, 2024
- By Daniel
- In Education, New Video
- 0
Senior Americans are sitting on trillions of dollars worth of equity. Many retired Americans discover their income and savings are not enough to make ends meet. Congress created reverse mortgages during the 1980’s to allow senior homeowners to tap into their homes equity. Assuming their home has any equity.
While commercials by companies who originate reverse mortgages claim it is an easy way to use built up equity there are limits and disadvantages. Like a conventional mortgage, the lender can foreclose on a reverse mortgage.
In this video:
• What is a reverse mortgage? 00:28
• Types of reverse mortgages. 2:26
• How you can use the money. 3:24
• Who owns the home? 3:52
• Reverse mortgage advantages. 4:25
• Reverse mortgage disadvantages. 4:50
Why You May Not Need 4,700 mg Of Potassium Daily
- At March 24, 2024
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Education, Health & Wellness, New Video
- 0
Potassium is an electrolyte that helps balance fluid levels in cells and blood. While sodium can increase blood volume, potassium decreases it. Plant foods are the best source of potassium, but it also comes from eating animal foods.
There are indications some people are not getting enough dietary potassium. Your doctor uses a blood test called Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP) to check your blood potassium and sodium levels.
Some websites claim adults need up to 4,700 mg of potassium daily. Others claim as little as 2,500mg daily is enough. For people with healthy kidneys, excess potassium is removed in your urine.
For people with kidney disease, excessive potassium can be life threatening. That is one reason potassium supplements are limited to 100 mg.
In this video:
• Do healthy adults need 4,700 mg of potassium daily? 00:46
• RDA, adequate intake and daily value. 2:45
• Potassium deficiency symptoms and risks. 4:41
• Low carb diets and potassium deficiency. 7:02
Natural Versus Supplemental Protein
- At March 18, 2024
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Education, Health & Wellness, New Video
- 0
Millions of people take protein supplements in the form of bars, beverages, capsules and pills. Many get enough protein from their diet.
While plant and animal foods provide complete protein (all nine essential amino acids), so protein supplement, like collagen, provide incomplete protein. Others have more nonessential amino acids than essential amino acids.
In this video:
• What is protein? 00:47
• Sources of natural food protein. 1:19
• Complete versus incomplete proteins. 1:53
• High versus low quality protein.2:41
• Added proteins. 3:47
• Supplemental protein is expensive protein. 5:20
Salt vs. Herbs & Spices
- At March 12, 2024
- By Daniel
- In Cooking Tips, Diet, Education, Health & Wellness, New Video
- 0
Salt is an essential mineral providing the electrolytes of sodium and chloride. Some people with heart or kidney ceases are advised to limit their salt intake.
Unlike salt, herbs and spices have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, anti-bacterial, anti-viral chemicals.
In this video:
• Salt advantages and disadvantages. 00:42
• Difference between salt, herbs, and spices. 2:15
• Are herbs and spices superfoods? 2:52
• Substituting herbs and spices for salt. 4:11
Marketing Tricks: OTC Hearing Aids
- At March 04, 2024
- By Daniel
- In Education, Health & Wellness, New Video
- 0
Heavily advertised low cost over-the-counter hearing aids may not improve hearing as claimed or require more manual adjustments like volume control.
They also are not designed for people with severe hearing loss.
In this video:
• OTC hearing aids versus PSPAs. 00:40
• OTC hearing aid marketing hype. 1:27
• Protecting your hearing. 4:46
Microwave Ovens
- At March 01, 2024
- By Daniel
- In Cooking Tips, Education, New Video
- 0
Most homes have a microwave oven. While some are used to cook foods, like baked potatoes, most are used to heat liquids, melt ingredients like butter, and heat frozen foods.
This video shares how microwave ovens cook and reheat foods, and how to prevent foodborne illness.
In this video:
• What is a microwave oven and its uses. 00:35
• Microwave oven power and cycle times. 1:25
• Not all microwave ovens are created equal. 4:01