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In This article Everything you need to know about vitamins and minerals Fat-soluble versus water-soluble vitamins The big, the tiny, and the necessary minerals Now that you’re familiar with the macronutrients, it’s time to introduce you to the little guys. Micronutrients are a group of essential substances required in small quantities for normal metabolism. Even …
In This article A closer look at plant-based eating Comparing a plant-based diet and other veg diets Healthy versus unhealthy veg diets What plant-based eating can do for you Since the first publication of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Plant-Based Nutrition, the “going veg” world has exploded. While it may encompass different titles (e.g. vegetarian, …
Key Messages Nutrition is fundamental for life and health. The term ‘nutrition’ encompasses both biological and sociological aspects of how cells, tissues and organisms access the substrates and cofactors that are necessary for normal conception, growth, development and ageing. Public health nutrition refers to nutritional aspects of public health, which is the science and …
Okay, you’re on board with the plant-based diet! Now what’s the first step to becoming healthier than ever? The simplest answer is this: Start cooking. Michael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food and a fellow advocate of getting into the kitchen as the way to eating healthier, sums it up well when he points …
IN THE KITCHEN: BASIC COOKING SKILLS TO SAVE YOU TIME, ENERGY, AND EMBARRASSMENT Read More »
These days, there is so much nutrition information available, it isn’t easy to discern what’s best for you. And the stakes are high! Diet plays a key role in how we feel and perform, as well as in long-term disease prevention. The main theme of this article is that plant-based nutrition doesn’t rely only on …
PLANT-BASED NUTRITION FOR SPORTS: AN IN-DEPTH GUIDE Read More »
Visit any supermarket today and you’ll see shelves lined with hundreds of items that just a few decades ago would have scarcely been recognized as food. Yogurt in a tube Lunchables Pasteurized processed cheese food Cheese in a CO2 can Pepsi Max Cease Fire, designed—no joke—to put out the fire in your mouth caused by …
FOOD AND NUTRITION PHILOSOPHY (WHEN DID EATING BECOME SO COMPLICATED?) Read More »
