Ancient Versus Modern Food Nutrition

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Some fad diets claim modern foods are less nutritious than foods prior to the development of agriculture. But, are modern foods less nutritious than ancient foods or just a marketing ploy to promote fad diets and justify unproven dietary supplements? Unlike hunter gatherers, the modern western diet is limited to a few profitable foods and not a wide variety of foods.

In This Video:

• Definitions of ancient and modern foods. 00:47
• Foods versus diet. 2:02
• Foods versus supplements. 3:27
• Low nutrient modern junk food diet. 5:12
• Enjoy low nutrition foods in moderation. 6:30

Sweet Fruit Versus Sugar

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Millions of people on low card diets avoid sweet fruits like bananas, apples, and oranges due to their relatively high sugar content. Some low card diets like keto limit carbs to 5% of total calories or 50 grams a day. Fruit has numerous health benefits with studies showing people who eat fruit versus high sugar processed foods have a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

This video compares the nutritional benefits of sweet fruit versus refined sugars.

In This Video:

• Natural versus refined sugars. 00:38
• Sweet fruit versus sugar. 1:38
• Can diabetics eat sweet fruit? 3:12

Tips For Novice Cooks: Sugar

Overview of granulated sugars available to consumers for home cooking and baking.

In this video:

• Natural versus added sugars. 00:35
• Types of sugar. 00:50
• Measuring sugars. 1:36
• Storing sugar. 2:14

The Chemical American Diet (CAD)

Prepared foods have 100’s of untested or poorly tested chemical additives saving food makers millions of dollars, but can adversely affect the consumers health and damage DNA.

In tis video:

• Better eating through chemistry? 00:37
• The Age of Obesity. 3:38
• Diet and your DNA. 5:06

Natural Versus Supplemental Protein

Millions of people take protein supplements in the form of bars, beverages, capsules and pills. Many get enough protein from their diet.

While plant and animal foods provide complete protein (all nine essential amino acids), so protein supplement, like collagen, provide incomplete protein. Others have more nonessential amino acids than essential amino acids.

In this video:

• What is protein? 00:47
• Sources of natural food protein. 1:19
• Complete versus incomplete proteins. 1:53
• High versus low quality protein.2:41
• Added proteins. 3:47
• Supplemental protein is expensive protein. 5:20

Foods That Fight Inflammation

Which foods are inflammatory and anti-inflammatory to prevent chronic inflammation. In this video:

• What is chronic inflammation. 00:35
• Anti-inflammatory protein. 1:35
• Anti-inflammatory fats. 3:38
• Anti-inflammatory carbs. 3:18
• Anti-inflammatory beverages. 3:51

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

Fad Diet Pseudoscience

The “science”” many fad diets use to support their claimed health benefits is actually based on pseudoscience, like animal studies, not on rigorous clinically trials.

In this video:

• Marketing pseudoscience. 00:42
• Nutrition science is not exact. 2:43
• Why nutrition science is not exact. 4:30
• Nutrition science and clinical trials. 6:14

Cutting Calories Not Foods

Most overweight, but healthy people without food allergies or irritable bowel  and other gastrointestinal medical problems do not have to cut foods or food groups to lose excess weight. In most cases, the problem is not the food, but too many calories from highly process foods.

A person can cut hundreds of calories from your diet by replacing highly processed (prepared) foods with minimally processed foods.

In this video:

• Is your weight gain due to your diet? 00:31
• Eliminating foods is easy. 1:18
• Cutting calories not foods. 3:33
• Calorie cutting tips. 4:52

Is Your Diet Protein Abundant Or Deficient?

Most healthy adults get enough protein from their diet and do not need protein supplements. Too much protein has more health risks than benefits.

In this video:

• What is protein? 00:45
• Sources of dietary protein. 1:17
• Why most people do not need supplemental protein. 2:45
• Supplemental protein and excess calories. 5:13
• High protein diet risks. 8:48

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