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

What You See Versus What You Get

How prepared food makers use stylized photos and deceptive descriptions to market and sell their products. And, it most cases it is perfectly legal.

In This video:

• Food photo inaccuracy. 00:39
• Enlarged to show unrealistic details. 3:05
• Food name inaccuracy. 4:32
• The art of deception. 5:29

Organic Foods To Avoid

Organic foods are supposed to be healthier because they grown without synthetic pesticides. Many organic processed foods are as unhealthy as their nonorganic counterparts. Organic sugars are no healthier than nonorganic sugars. The same with organic honey, maple syrup, potato chips, and dozens of other organic foods. This video shares which organic foods should be limited or avoided.
In this video:
• Organic versus nonorganic. 00:38
• Why buy organic foods? 2:29
• Organic versus nonorganic food nutrition. 3:32
• Organic foods to avoid. 4:59
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