Mindful Eating Part I

Mindful eating is a diet that provides the nutrients your body needs while reducing the risk for chronic diet related disease. Obesity and chronic diet related disease are usually caused by diets high in prepared foods engineered to satisfy wants and not your bodies needs. In Part I of this two part video:

Part I
• Diet versus dieting. 0:38
• Wants versus needs. 2:03
• Letting food be your medicine. 4:32
• Why fad diets fail. 5:53

Part II
• Mindful Eating tips.

Why Americans Should Learn Basic Metric Units

The U.S. is the only country than still uses Imperial units for weights and measures. Many online retailers are promoting and selling products using metric units. The comments frustrated Americans make when they discover they received less than what they thought they were buying would be humorous if it wasn’t for the fact that some unscrupulous sellers take advantage of American buyers limited knowledge of metric units.

Knowing basic metric units also benefits Americans traveling abroad and dieting since nutrition information in usually in grams or milligrams not ounces.

In this video:

• “Why don’t you use metric?”
• A brief history of U.S. metric system. 1:09
• The U.S. is more metric than Americans think. 4:20
• The cost of not using metric units. 6:51
• Cooking and dieting with metric versus U.S. weights and measures. 7:35
• Basic metric units you should know. 12:18

Building An Emergency Fund

Many Americans have not saved have enough money to pay for essential expenses for one month let alone 3 to 6 months.

The U.S. economy thrives on consumption, and the availability of credit makes it easy to amass huge debts. People simply live beyond their means. This video shares the benefits of having an emergency fund and tips for saving money regardless of your income.

In this video:

• Why have an emergency fund? 00:40
• How much should you save? 2:08
• Living beyond your means. 3:14
• Money saving tips. 6:24

Should You Eat A High Or Low Potassium Diet?

Potassium is an essential mineral. Many Americans eat a high sodium, low potassium diet. One reason is diets high in meat and ultra-processed foods. Potassium is abundant in plant foods. Many fad diet experts and health and wellness websites recommend obtaining about 4,500 mg of potassium daily.Do healthy adults need 4,000 to 5,000 mg a day? Your kidneys help control blood potassium levels. People with chronic kidney disease must eat a low potassium diet. But, low potassium does not mean little or no potassium. This video shares information about eating a high or low potassium diet.

In this video:

• Why is potassium essential?
• Why you need potassium.
• What is an electrolyte?
• Recommend dietary requirement (RDA) versus adequate intake (AI) and daily value (DV).
• Should you eat a high or low potassium diet?

Related videos:
20 High Potassium Foods: https://youtu.be/5fJdQyGdlNE
30 Low Potassium Foods: https://youtu.be/tUSkdc5AsE4

Refined Flour & Sugar Facts & Myths

Should you ban refined flour and sugar from your diet or limit the number of foods made with refined sugar and grains? Many fad diets blame refined carbs as the root cause of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and other serious chronic disease. Americans are affected more by refined carbs than peoples in other countries. This video shares some of the health risks associated with diets high in prepared refined carb foods.

In this video:

• What is refined flour and sugar?
• Health risks of refined flour.
• Health risks of refined sugar.
• Refined versus whole grain flour.
• Refined versus natural sugars.
• To ban or not to ban…?

10 High Vitamin B9 (Folate) Foods

This video shares what is vitamin B9 (folate), its functions, RDA, and 10 foods high in vitamin B9.

In this video:

• What is vitamin B9? 00:47
• B9 functions. 1:16
• B9 deficiency. 1:47
• B9 RDA 2:34
• 10 High vitamin B9 foods (spinach, asparagus, Brussels sprouts, Romaine lettuce, Avocado, broccoli, mustard greens, kidney beans, oranges, peanuts). 4:34

This video is the seventh in a seven part series about essential B vitamins.

10 High Vitamin B7 (Biotin) Foods

This video shares what is vitamin B7 (biotin), its functions, and 10 high foods high in B7.

In this video:

• What is vitamin B7? 00:45
• B7 functions. 1:09
• B7 deficiency. 1:24
• B7 RDA 2:42
• 10 High vitamin B7 foods (beef liver, eggs, pork, beef, sunflower seeds, sweet potato, almonds, tuna, spinach). 3:52

NOTE: This video is the sixth in a seven part series about essential B vitamins.

10 High Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) Foods

This video shares what is vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), its functions, and 10 high B6 foods.

In this video:

• What is vitamin B6? 00:42
• B6 functions. 00:59
• B6 deficiency. 1:26
• B6 RDA 2:03
• B6 High vitamin B1 foods (beef liver, tuna, salmon, chickpeas, chicken, potato, banana, turkey, beef, winter squash). 2:33

10 High Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Acid) Foods

This video shares what is vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid), its functions, and 10 high B5 foods.

In this video:

• What is vitamin B5? 00:43
• B5 functions. 1:07
• B5 deficiency. 1:45
• B5 RDA 2:37
• 10 High vitamin B5 foods (beef liver, shitake mushrooms, sunflower seeds, chicken, tuna, avocado, milk, eggs, yogurt, broccoli). 3:19

10 High Vitamin B3 (Niacin) Foods

This video shares what is vitamin B3 (niacin), its functions, and 10 high B3 foods.

In this video:

• What is vitamin B3? 00:45
• B3functions. 1:38
• B3 deficiency. 2:01
• B3 RDA 3:37
• 10 High vitamin B3 foods (pork, beef, brown rice, peanuts, potato, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, lentils, banana, broccoli). 4:12

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