Category: Nutrition (Page 19 of 48)

      What Is Tofu And Is It Good For You?

      March 12, 2012 /

      Have you heard a bad rap against tofu?

      From texture to taste, tofu isn’t the popular food in the U.S. that it is in Asia.

      Knowing the different varieties of tofu available will expand your cooking options and open your current recipe repertoire to “Tofu Interpretation”.

      Tofu can be sold fresh or processed in some way; for example marinated in various oils, herbs or spices. The softest tofu can be used in smoothies and cream sauces, while the firmest types are cut into small chunks and sautéed in all sorts of dishes. With a subtle flavor that does not overpower other ingredients but rather soaks up and enhances their taste, tofu can be used in a range of both sweet and savory dishes.

      Nutrition, Wellness

      Cancer Danger In Cola’s Carmel Color

      March 9, 2012 /

      Carmel coloring in soda poses a cancer risk.

      This is just one more reason to avoid soft drinks.

      As if high fructose corn syrup, food coloring, and preservatives don’t make soft drinks unattractive and unhealthy enough now the danger of cancer must be considered.

      While toxicology studies show that 4-MI can cause cancer in lab animals, it’s not clear whether it’s a human carcinogen — or whether the amounts detected in sodas pose any kind of a threat.

      The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) in February 2011 petitioned the FDA to ban this kind of caramel coloring. It also wanted the cosmetic additive renamed “chemically modified caramel coloring” or “ammonia-sulfite process caramel coloring.”

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      10 Simple Rules For Eating Well

      March 8, 2012 /

      There are a few simple rules which will help you to eat safely.

      Quite simply put; avoid food in packages and if packaged allow for only 5 ingredients.

      And READ labels.

      This is probably the best advice anyone can give.

      Avoid ingredients with added sugars, oils, and anything you can not pronounce.

      When you make these simple choices you will not only improve your health, and your family’s health, but you will create a “wellness spring” that will shift the demand in the marketplace. You will not only take back your health, but also help America take back its health. You vote three times a day with your fork and it impacts our health, how we grow food, energy consumption, climate change and environmental degradation. You have more power than you think. Use it!

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      U.S Department Of Agriculture Serves Our Children

      March 7, 2012 /

      The “pink slime” as it’s being called has caused quite the furor on the internet.

      Parents and activists are alarmed to find out that this combination of meat by-products and ammonia hydroxide is being served to children in school lunches because the U.S Department of Agriculture continues to purchase it.

      This “high risk product” has not passed food inspection findings, however, the U.S.D.A. commissioned a separate study to assess the safety of BPI’s “Lean Beef Trimmings” to make it appear safe.

      Custer said he first encountered the product — which gained fame recently as “pink slime” in part due to the efforts of celebrity chef Jamie Oliver — back in the late 1990s. Despite voicing his concerns to other officials at the food inspection service, however, the USDA ruled that Lean Beef Trimmings were safe. “The word in the office was that undersecretary JoAnn Smith pushed it through, and that was that,” Custer said.

      Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1989, Smith had deep ties with the beef industry, serving as president of both the Florida Cattlemen’s Association and the of the National Cattlemen’s Association.

      “Scientists in D.C. were pressured to approve this stuff with minimal safety approval,” Zirnstein said.

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      Is There Something Better Than Sugar?

      March 4, 2012 /

      Five natural sweeteners that may be better than sugar include Sucanant, Agave Nectar, Honey, Coconut Sugar, and Stevia Extract.

      If you have a sweet tooth that just can not be tamed, perhaps alternatives to white and brown sugar would benefit your health.

      Although there is no great calorie difference, except with Stevia, there are more nutrients and trace minerals to be found in less processed sweeteners.

      Also, there are clear health benefits to honey which surpass them all.

      However, there are those who will say that sugar is sugar and it is best to simply ween yourself off of all things sweet.

      Read for yourself to see which is the best for you.

      For a less-processed alternative with small amounts of nutrients in it as well, look for sucanat, which is simply dehydrated sugar cane juice. Sucanat (an abbreviation for sugar-cane-natural) has a stronger molasses flavor than refined white sugar and retains all of the nutrients found in natural sugar cane juice, including iron, calcium, vitamin B6 and potassium. Though, as New York University nutritional scientist Marion Nestle points out: “The amounts of trace minerals in raw sugar are so small that they are nutritionally insignificant.”

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