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

Related Videos
Calcium: https://youtu.be/afc7ts3ApCY
Iron: https://youtu.be/bGMSLAm0eLE
Iodine: https://youtu.be/tPVZ_Gc2DXU
Magnesium: https://youtu.be/CVys_UnLwNk
High Potassium: https://youtu.be/5fJdQyGdlNE
Low Potassium: https://youtu.be/tUSkdc5AsE4

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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Vitamin C Foods: https://youtu.be/-pNf06HYwEM
Vitamin D Foods: https://youtu.be/aQyqwJyqXW8
Vitamin K foods: https://youtu.be/iYV05XMORRM

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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Good Carbs vs Bad Carbs Part II: https://youtu.be/Poc5aT1HJkU
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Carbs, Sugar & Diabetes: https://youtu.be/dsk9OA5nF6k
27 High Fiber Foods: https://youtu.be/wwW7ZB3IDNA

Added Sugar Versus Natural Sugar

Sugar is a leading contributor to weight gain and type 2 diabetes. Some low carb diets eliminate many foods providing natural sugars without providing any scientific evidence. Some people believe anyone with type 2 diabetes should not eat sweet fruit. Research shows people eating high plant food diets including sweet fruit are less likely to develop type 2 diabetes.

For many overweight Americans, the problem is not foods providing natural sugars, the problem is diets high in processed foods with added sugars.

In this video:

• What is sugar?
• Added versus natural sugar.
• Dietary sugar and blood sugar.
• Dietary sugar and diabetes.
• Dietary sugar and weight gain.
• Recommended limits for added sugars.

Cooking And Baking By Weight Versus Volume

American home cooks measure recipe ingredients by volume (cups, spoons) versus weight (ounces, pounds). This is partly due to the U.S. being the only country using imperial units of measure instead of metric. American restaurants and bakers use weight.

Some old home cooked recipes used weight like the pound cake. The recipe called for one pound each of eggs, flour and sugar. Of course, to cook using weights instead of cups requires owning an accurate kitchen scale. Most kitchen scales are now digital instead of analog and can display units in ounces or grams.

For many recipes measuring using cups works fine. But, in some cases, using weights is more accurate and contestant. Measuring a cup of chopped broccoli is not as accurate as weighing 160 grams (5.6 oz) of broccoli. The same with measuring pasta using cups.

This video shares some advantages of measuring ingredients by weight instead of volume (cups) for more consistent results especially making cakes, muffins, pancakes, and biscuits.

15 Home Cooking Money And Time Saving Tips

This video shares 15 simple tips to save time and money eating healthier home cooked meals with less calories, sodium, and chemical additives compared to prepared and restaurant foods.

Unlike home cooked foods, prepared and restaurant foods can have artificial colors and flavors, preservatives, and chemical flavor enhancers. This allows food makers to use less expensive, lower quality ingredients.

Over 30 High Antioxident Foods

Your metabolism produces free radicals. Excess free radicals can cause chronic inflammation and cell damage. Antioxidants, like vitamin E, reduce free radicals. Some foods are high antioxidant, low inflammation foods. This video highlights over 30 foods high in free radical fighting antioxidants.

In this video:

• Free radicals and antioxidants.
• Antioxidants diets.
• Sample high antioxidant foods.

What U.S. Food Labels Really Mean

Many foods are labeled (marketed) to appear healthier than they really area. This video looks at some common food labels like:

• New & Improved
• Alkaline foods & beverages
• The Cost Of Convenience
• Uncured & No Added Nitrates
• All Natural
• What’s In Your Beef?
• Whole Grains vs. Multigrain
• Cage-free, Free-range, & Humanely raised
• Certified to Increase Profits
• Artificial Colors & Flavors
• Less Sodium

Comparison Of Common Cooking And Baking Fats And Oils

Updated video comparing consumer fats and oils used for cooking and baking.

In this video:

• Cooking fats and body fat. 00:48
• The difference between fats and oils. 1:52
• Is saturated or unsaturated fat healthier? 3:42
• Refined oils and smoke points. 6:05
• Are RBD oils unhealthy? 8:28
• Fat and oil nutrition. 9:42

mRNA Vaccine Facts & Myths

Vaccines are used to protect against deadly viruses. Traditional vaccines have used inactive (dead) viruses to promote an immune response to fight the actual virus. Examples include, small pox, polio, measles, viral pneumonia.

For several decades researchers have been investigating using messenger RNA (mRNA) to develop vaccines. Instead of using an inactive virus, the vaccines use mRNA to provide the genetic code so your body develops a harmless protein used by the virus to enter cells. Your bodies immune system then identifies the protein as a foreign material that must be destroyed by creating anti-bodies. The antibodies provide protection against the actual virus.

As with traditional vaccines, there are many myths about the new mRNA vaccines developed against SARS-CoV-2 and Covid-19.

In this video:

• What is RNA? 00:42
• What is mRNA? 1:26
• mRNA and DNA. 2:17
• Conventional versus mRNA vaccines? 3:44
• How do mRNA vaccines work. 4:28
• mRNA vaccine facts and myths. 6:21

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