Carbs Versus Calories

Low carb diets have guaranteed weight loss and disease prevention for more than 60 years. Instead of low carb they should be called low refined carb diets.

Replacing carbs with fat and protein may not be enough to cause weight loss and prevent or cure chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure. Billions of people around the world eat high plant food diets and live long, healthy lives.

In this video:

• Sources of food calories (energy). 00:39
• What are carbs? 00:56
• Processed versus natural carb calories. 2:03
• Carbs and diabetes. 2:48
• Carbs and weight gain. 4:27

Brown Rice Versus Black And Wild Rice

Brown, black, and wild rice are gluten free whole grains. This videos compares their nutrition, and the differences between black and wild rice.

In this video:

• What is black rice? 00:38
• What is wild rice? 1:29
• Nutrition: carbohydrates, fat, protein. 2:22
• Nutrition: vitamins & minerals. 2:46
• Cooking times. 3:06
• Storage and shelf life. 3:31

Allergens & Prepared foods

Food allergies can be serious even life-threatening. Most prepared foods list major allergens like eggs, milk, soy, and wheat, but there can be a warning in fine print about cross-contamination by other allergens.

A new trend to eliminate the need for a cross-contamination warning is adding the allergens to the food. This is convenient for the food maker, but reduces the variety available to consumers with food allergies.

In this video:

• Major food allergens. 00:41
• Allergens and prepared foods. 2:11
• Cross-contamination. 2:53
• Adding food allergens to reduce production costs and liability. 4:15
• Restaurant foods and allergens. 5:26

The Elimination Diet

While foods are essential for energy, vitamin, and minerals, some foods can cause serious, even life threatening symptoms. Some diets eliminate whole food groups. That may eliminate the symptoms and cause nutrient deficiencies. The ideal solution is eliminate the worst offenders while obtain essential nutrients from food not dietary supplements.

This video shares how to find, limit, or eliminate foods that can cause gas, bloating, abdominal discomfort and pain, and other symptoms.

In this video:

• What is an elimination diet? 00:43
• Is it a low carb diet? 1:55
• Some causes of gastrointestinal pain. 2:36
• The simple elimination diet. 4:37
• The extreme elimination diet. 5:55

Gut Pain? Antinutrients vs. Prebiotics (FODMAPs)

Many fad diets associate painful gas, bloating. and nausea with antinutrients in plant foods. The same foods can have undigestible prebiotics know as FODMAPs. FODMAP stands for fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols. Fermentation is the culprit. These carbs are poorly absorbed by the small intestine become food for gut bacteria.

Simply eliminating a food or foods with an antinutrient like oxalate or lectin may not cure the problem. One can eat a low antinutrient diet and still have symptoms.

In this video:

• Types of gut (abdominal) pain. 00:48
• Causes of gas and bloating. 1:24
• What are antinutrients? 2:25
• What are prebiotics? 3:53
• FODMAPs 5:07
• Antinutrient or FODMAP symptoms? 7:04

Essential Nutrients: Canned Vs. Homemade Soups

Canned soup is convenient. But, many are not good sources of essential nutrients. This video compares the nutrition of two nationally available canned soups to a simple homemade version.

In this video:

• Convenience versus nutrition. 00:45
• What you see versus what you get. 1:15
• Homemade versus prepared soup ingredients. 2:56
• Organic versus GMO ingredients. 4:35
• Canned versus homemade nutrition facts. 5:53

Collagen Facts & Myths

Collagen is on of the best selling protein supplements. While preliminary data indicates supplemental collagen may have have some anti-aging benefits, the results are still inconclusive.

Many collagen supplements are collagen peptides that usually lack one essential amino acids. For most healthy people, a balanced diet provides all amino acids in collagen supplements including all nine essential amino acids.

In this video:

• What is collagen. 00:42
• What are collagen peptides. 1:52
• Collagen health benefits & side effects. 2:24
• High collagen foods. 5:26
• Collagen supplements. 7:07
• Collagen facts & myths. 8:36

Oxalate And Low Oxalate Diets

People at high risk of having calcium-oxalate kidney stones are encouraged to eat a low oxalate diet. After numerous comments about my August 2019 High Oxalate Foods Facts & Myths video having outdated information, I resisted the subject. Not only is the information in the previous video still relevant, there has been no new developments.

Fad low oxalate diets for the masses are designed to increase meat and fat consumption, increase dietary supplement sales, and reduce plant food consumption. Ironically, there is significant data high plant food diets, including high oxalate foods, are linked to long, healthy lives.

In this video:

• Oxalate facts & myths video. 00:45
• What is oxalate? 2:20
• Oxalate and kidney stones. 3:56
• Is oxalate toxic? 6:14
• How your body removes toxins. 8:52
• What is a low oxalate diet? 9:42
• High and low oxalate foods. 10:31

Cut Calories & Increase Nutrients: Slow Foods vs. Fast Foods

Prepared foods are convenient, but usually provide too many of some nutrients (calories, salt, sugar, refined flour), and too few essential nutrients (vitamins, minerals).

Home cooked meals can significantly reduce calories while providing more essential nutrients.

In this video:

• What is fast food? 00:46
• What is slow food? 1:10
• Your diet provides essential nutrients. 1:45
• Your body’s needs versus wants. 3:37
• Why most fast foods are low nutrient fat foods 6:38
• Fast versus slow food calories and nutrition. 8:40

Is Your Diet Nutrient Deficient?

Essential nutrients must come from your diet because your body cannot make them. Essential nutrients include fat, carbohydrates, protein, vitamins and minerals.

Many diets are nutrient deficient emphasizing some essential nutrients and not others. Nutrient deficient diets require supplemental nutrients.

This video shares how to verify your diet provides all essential nutrients your body needs before resorting to dietary supplements.

In this video:

• Essential nutrients & nutrient deficiencies. 00:32
• Symptoms and tests:
• Fat deficiency 3:14
• Protein deficiency 4:46
• Carbohydrate deficiency 6:47
• Mineral deficiency 8:42
• Vitamin deficiency 11:37
• Home testing and self-help risks. 13:10

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