Organic Foods To Avoid
- At September 06, 2023
- By Daniel
- In Cooking Tips, Diet, Education, Health & Wellness, New Video
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Carnivore Versus Vegan Diets
- At September 02, 2023
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Education, Health & Wellness, New Video
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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?
- At August 28, 2023
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Education, Health & Wellness, New Video
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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
- At July 26, 2023
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Education, Health & Wellness, New Video
- 0
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
- At July 10, 2023
- By Daniel
- In Cooking Tips, Diet, Education, New Video
- 0
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
- At June 04, 2023
- By Daniel
- In Cooking Tips, Diet, New Video
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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
- At April 30, 2023
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Education, Health & Wellness, New Video
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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
Is Your Diet Nutrient Deficient?
- At April 18, 2023
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Education, Health & Wellness, New Video
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Essential nutrients must come from your diet because your body cannot make them. Essential nutrients include fat, carbohydrates, protein, vitamins and minerals.
Many diets are nutrient deficient emphasizing some essential nutrients and not others. Nutrient deficient diets require supplemental nutrients.
This video shares how to verify your diet provides all essential nutrients your body needs before resorting to dietary supplements.
In this video:
• Essential nutrients & nutrient deficiencies. 00:32
• Symptoms and tests:
• Fat deficiency 3:14
• Protein deficiency 4:46
• Carbohydrate deficiency 6:47
• Mineral deficiency 8:42
• Vitamin deficiency 11:37
• Home testing and self-help risks. 13:10
Fast Metabolism And Weight Loss
- At April 10, 2023
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Education, Health & Wellness, New Video
- 0
Your metabolism works 24 hours a day to keep you alive but, does a fast or slow metabolism affect your weight and weight loss? A fast or slow metabolism has more to do your level of activity that your diet. Most people can to increase their metabolism without dietary supplement and fad diets. And, no supplement or diet will significantly effect weight gain caused by your genes, hormones, and medications.
In this video:
• What is metabolism? 00:44
• Sources of dietary energy. 2:29
• How your body burns calories. 3:23
• Metabolism and breaking your fast. 5:51
• 700 calorie meals. 7:31
• Excess calories and body fat. 10:30
30 High Protein Plant Foods
- At March 12, 2023
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Education, Health & Wellness, New Video
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Protein is an essential nutrient to maintain muscles and for 100s of proteins throughout the body. Food protein is not used directly. Proteins are made of amino acids. Nine amino acids must come from food.
Meat, diary, poultry and fish are high in essential amino acids. Vegans and vegetarians obtain essential amino acids from plant foods. A plant based diet can also supply all essential amino acids.
This video highlights 30 common plant foods providing 2 to 17 grams of protein per 100 gram (3.5 oz) serving. The serving size for nuts and seeds is 28 g (1 oz) due to there high fat and calorie content.
In this video:
• Protein and essential amino acids. 00:40
• The incomplete protein myth. 1:21
• Plant protein versus animal protein. 2:24
• The supplemental protein myth. 3:44
• 30 high protein plant foods. 5:14