Are Americans The Morons Seen On TV?

According to dozens of television commercials, Americans lead the world in incompetence and stupidity. But, are Americans as ignorant, nieve, and lazy as seen on TV?

In this video:

• The lazy, incompetent American. 00:45
• The broke American. 1:39
• The I love free stuff American. 4:27
• Supplements for a pathetic American diet. 5:46
• Miracle cookware and utensils for Americans who cannot cook. 10:20

Food Versus Dieatary Supplements

Except for vitamin and mineral deficiencies, most dietary supplement are a poor substitute for a balanced diet. Protein supplements may help people eating low protein diets retain muscle mass, but supplemental protein does not increase muscle mass. Most people do not need supplemental protein, vitamins, and minerals.

In this video:

• What are dietary supplements? 00:39
• What are essential nutrients? 2:03
• Nutrient overdose. 2:39
• Nutrient deficiency. 3:55
• Food versus dietary supplements. 5:59

Sour Cream vs Plain And Greek Yogurt

Plain and Greek Yogurt are low calorie substitutes for sour cream in many recipes. Depending on the recipe, yogurt can replace all or part of the sour cream increasing protein while reducing fat calories.

In this video:

• What is sour cream? 00:36
• What is yogurt? 1:03
• Sour cream and yogurt ingredients. 1:35
• Sour cream and yogurt nutrition. 2:21
• Substituting yogurt for sour cream. 3:10

Pegan Diet Facts & Myths

Facts and myths about the pegan diet combining the “health benefits” of vegetarian and paleo diets. Pegan is the brainchild of Dr Mark Hyman, best selling diet book author and PBS pledge drive program host. Like most fad, miracle diets, pegan’s health benefits are miraculous results are only documented on Dr. Hyman’s website, books, and PBS program. There are no published clinical trials to back up his claims.

Like most fad diets, pegan emphasizes eating mostly organic foods, and pasture raised or grass-fed meat. It is another diet for the haves while the have nots struggle with increasing obesity and diabetes.

In this video:

• What is a pegan diet? 00:39
• Approved pegan diet foods. 1:30
• Banned pegan diet foods. 2:15
• Claimed health benefits. 5:15
• Returning to home cooked meals. 7:34
• Pegan diet facts & myths. 9:05

Lowering Uric Acid Fad Diet Facts & Myths

2022 introduced the uric acid diet. Another fas diet that concentrates on theoretical chemical imbalances instead of address the poor American diet of highly processed food  providing too many fat and sugar calories. This video shares facts and myths about blood uric acid a byproduct of metabolizing purine in foods and beverages.

In this video:

• What is uric acid? 00:42
• Normal blood uric acid levels. 00:57
• High uric acid health risks. 1:55
• High and low purine foods. 4:22
• Low uric acid diet facts and myths. 6:33

GreenPan Griddle Review

Thanks to the open Internet, anyone can leave a review, comment, or rating. Some are accurate and helpful and others are not. Up to 50% of online reviews are fake.

After years of looking for an induction compatible griddle for my cooking videos, I found the GreenPan® Valencia Pro griddle. Like most products, it was rated 1 to 5 stars. The 1-star reviews claimed everything stuck to the griddle and it was very difficult to clean. These reviews contradicted reviews by highly reputable sources. Not surprisingly, the highly reputable sources won out.

In this video:

• GreenPan™ Valencia Pro features. 00:48
• Negative reviews: fact or fiction? 3:21
• Cooking tests. 4:28
• Cleaning. 8:11
• Use & Care. 8:48
• Conclusions. 9:53

Why Some People Fear Science

Modern living would be impossible without science. And yet, some people fear science. Science has become politicized and used to protect corporate profits. Data showing consuming excessive amounts of sugar is bad is countered by food and beverage makers data that sugar is a safe energy food. They can’t both be right.

Supplement makers reply on poor or bad science to support their products.

This video shares what is science and how it is used and abused.

In this video:

• What is science? 00:38
• Science and everyday life. 3:14
• Why some people fear science. 5:47
• Good and bad science. 6:58
• Science, politics and profits. 9:54

Online Comments And Reviews: Fact Or Fake?

About 50% of online comments, reviews, and ratings are fake. Companies providing 1-star products and services buy 5-star ratings and reviews to launch or grow their business. In a perfect world, very few companies would rate 5-stars. Those companies would provide exceptional service. In our world, mediocre companies are rated 5-stars and have rave reviews. But, who is doing the reviewing?

In this video:

• Anonymous, unverifiable, and vague commets & reviews. 00:44
• Rave reviews for a small fee. 3:11
• Rewards for reviews. 4:28
• No experience required. 5:36
• Verified review limitations. 6:09
• Caveat emptor. 6:46

Decoding Ingredient And Nutrition Labels

Diets are made of choices. Many Americans eat a diet of prepared foods without knowing what is in their food. This video shares how to use nutrition and ingredient information to make healthy diet choices.

n this video:

• Definition of prepared foods. 00:41
• Why ingredient and nutrition information is important. 1:36
• Decoding the nutrition facts label. 3:34
• Decoding the ingredients list. 7:55

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

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