Protein Versus Amino Acids

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The human body uses amino acids in protein not dietary protein to make over 20,000 unique proteins.

In this video:

• What is protein? 00:44
• Protein and amino acids. 1:30
• How much protein do you need? 2:53
• Health risks of too much protein. 5:56
• Animal versus plant protein. 7:39
• Food, supplements, & essential amino acids. 8:39

Allergens & Prepared foods

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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

Collagen Facts & Myths

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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

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

Carnivore Versus Vegan Diets




Carnivore and vegan are extreme diets. One is all meat, the other all plants. Carnivore diets tend to appeal to men (hunters) and vegan diets to women (gathers).

This video shares the pros and cons of both diets.

In this video:

• What is a carnivore diet? 00:42
• What is a vegan diet? 3:11
• Are humans carnivore, herbivore, or omnivore? 3:44
• Carnivore versus vegan health benefits. 8:01
• Carnivore versus vegan health risks. 8:54
• Take aways. 8:54

Healthy Fast Food?

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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

Ketosis Facts & Myths

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Keto diets are very low carb diets. Its goal is replacing glucose with ketones for fuel. Many keto diets are low carb diets that can cause vitamin and mineral deficiencies and have negative long-term health benefits. Many keto recipes provide more calories than a balanced diet of animal and plant foods. Fats make up 60% to 80% of a recipes calories, and fat has more than twice the calories (9 per gram) of carbohydrates and protein.

In this video:

• What is ketosis? 00:52
• What are keto diets? 2:11
• Keto diet and calorie counting. 4:46
• Ketosis without keto diets. 6:59
• Reduce calories, reduce carbs, or both? 8:25
• Keto diets and essential nutrients. 9:35
• Ketosis and protein. 11:02
• Ketosis essential vitamins and minerals. 12:15

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

High Protein & Fiber Turkey and Mushroom Tomato Sauce




This simple tomato sauce recipe provides 26 grams of animal and plant protein, 6 grams of fiber, and 240 calories per 1 cup (265 g) serving. A 3/4 cup serving (about 200 g) and 2 ounces (56 g) of dry pasta provides 30 grams of protein for about 500 calories.

When cooled, the sauce can be divided into 1 to 2 serving portions and stored in your freezer for up to 6 months. Remove the night before and thaw in your refrigerator. Reheat until sauce comes to a boil.

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

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