Category: Nutrition
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Can processed foods be part of a healthy diet?
From frozen meals to luncheon meats to cereals to soda pop, processed foods are a part of most people’s diet. They’re convenient and taste good. And as our lives have gotten busier, it becomes harder to resist the Siren call of processed foods. But can processed foods be part of a healthy diet? For years,…
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Not All Calories are Created Equal
Calories, calories and more calories. We have an obsession with counting calories. Look at any food label and right there at the top, usually bigger than anything else, are the calories. And we even have calories listed on restaurants menus. It’s as if food is only good for the calories it provides. And therefore it…
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How much protein do you need?
Protein is an essential nutrient. Some experts think we get enough protein already. Or even too much, so we shouldn’t worry about. However, there’s much debate about how much protein one needs in their diet and what types of protein sources are best. So how much protein do you really need? What is protein? Protein…
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The Benefits of Cooking at Home
Cooking at home has a wide range of benefits. However, only 6.4 meals per week are cooked at home worldwide in 2021. That’s less than half of a possible 14 meals per week (as only lunch and dinner were assessed). And this number varies widely from region to region, with 4.6 meals per week cooked…