Food Versus Dieatary Supplements
- At December 20, 2022
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Education, Health & Wellness, New Video
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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
- At December 14, 2022
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Health & Wellness, New Video
- 0
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
- At December 10, 2022
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Education, Health & Wellness, New Video
- 0
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
- At December 08, 2022
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Education, Health & Wellness, New Video
- 0
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
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
- At November 20, 2022
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Education, Health & Wellness, New Video
- 0
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
Fast Carbs Versus Slow Carbs
- At November 17, 2022
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Education, Health & Wellness, New Video
- 0
People have talked about carbohydrates decades. The talk revolves around eating too many sugar and starch carbs. This video shares why the type not quantity of carbs can affect your weight and health, and how some natural foods are condemned as high carb and high glycemic index when in truth they are not.
In this video:
• Types of carbohydrates. 00:35
• Fast carbs. 3:44
• Slow carbs. 5:08
• Fast carbs and glycemic index. 6:47
• Slow carb food calories. 10:52
Carbs, Digestion & Blood Sugar Spikes
- At February 24, 2022
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Education, Health & Wellness, New Video
- 0
Carbohydrates (carbs) have been associated with weight gain for decades. This video shares how the human body digests and absorbs sugar and starch from carbohydrates and why an abundance of minimally processed carbs are better than diets high in refined carbs.
In this video:
• Types of carbs. 00:38
• Types of sugar. 1:07
• Carbs and blood sugar levels. 2:06
• Blood sugar and diabetes. 4:16
• How your body digests sugar and starch. 5:31