Home Cooking Health Benefits

Home cooking has health benefits not found in most prepared foods like less calories, sodium, and synthetic additives. It can also provide essential nutrients without taking dietary supplements. The healthcare costs of prepared food diets is taking its toll in higher healthcare costs that are draining savings.

In this video:

• Food additives generally regarded as safe. 00:52
• Declining U.S. life expectancy. 1:19
• Are you what you eat? 2:10
• Obtain essential nutrients from natural foods. 3:19
• Home cooking reduces synthetic ingredients. 6:31
• Organic meals for less than prepared foods. 8:02

Healthy Fast Food?

Fast foods have a some what deserved reputation for being high in calories, fat, and sugar, while being low in essential nutrients. Enter healthy fast foods, or foods that are heavily advertised to be healthier.

Usually, the emphasis is on calories. A healthy diet is more than calories. It is about obtaining the most essential nutrients from the fewest calories.

Are advertised healthy fast foods really healthier or is just marketing hype?

In this video:

• What is fast food? 00:42
• Can fast foods be healthy foods? 1:29
• Fast food calories and nutrition. 3:05
• Amino acids and protein. 7:32
• Essemtial Vitamins and minerals. 8:30
• Take aways. 9:39

Five Easy Ways To Cook Eggs

Eggs are a good source of high quality, affordable, protein. About 13 grams (20% of the daily value) for two large eggs. While people with high cholesterol should avoid or limit egg consumption, most healthy people can eat eggs without increasing blood cholesterol levels. And, you do not need cooking experience for these five easy recipes; hard/soft boiled, fried, poached, and scrambled.

In This video:

• Eggs are not just for breakfast. 00:35
• Egg nutrition. 1:02
• Eggs and cholesterol. 2:01
• Eggs and salmonella. 2:51
• Five easy ways to cook eggs. 3:56
• Hard boiled (cooked) 4:08
• Soft boiled (cooked) 7:25
• Fried 8:46
• Scrambled 9:49
• Poached 11:18

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

High Fat Foods: Avocado vs. Cheese

Fat is an essential nutrient. The human body does not make fat out of other nutrients, but it does store excess calories from carbohydrates, protein, and fat as body fat. Some diets promote eating high fat foods. This video compares two high fat foods: avocados and cheese. Is one healthier than the other?

In this video:

• Diet, fat and calories. 00:34
• Animal versus vegetable fat. 1:46
• Avocado versus cheese nutrients. 2:49

Slow Versus Fast Weight Loss

A leading cause of yo-yo dieting are low calorie diet plans promoting fast weight loss. Most are nutrient deficient and lead to a slower metabolism making it easier to gain weight. People who lose excess fat slowly are more likely to achieve permanent weight loss while improving health.

In this video:

• Slow, permanent weight loss. 00:41
• Are your weight loss goals realistic? 2:38
• Calculate your body mass index (BMI). 4:08
• Estimate your current calorie needs. 4:40
• Estimate your ideal weight calorie needs. 6:23
• Develop a sustainable diet plan. 6:48

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

2022 Food Calorie Quiz

Losing and maintaining your weight depends on knowing how many calories are in your food. This video checks your knowledge of over 40 common foods and beverages.

In this video:

• What are calories? 00:34
• Calories and diet. 1:32
• Food calorie test. 2:39

Calorie Densities For Over 180 Foods, Beverages, & Ingredients

A simple way to cut calories is by replacing high calorie density foods with low calorie density foods. For example, baked or boiled potatoes have less calories than fried and mashed potatoes or potato chips.

Some “energy drinks” have as much added sugar than soft drinks. Added sugar is a poor source of energy.

This video compares the calorie density for 180 common foods and beverages.

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