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January 21st, 2009 -- Posted in understanding nutrition |
How do I recruit someone like that?
The investment is only once a month for a couple hours.
Weight Watchers International may be able to help. They have been around for a long time and use a method that is endorsed by the medical profession. You could probably make contact with them either online or in the telephone directory of the nearest major city. I used to be a member and found them to have a lot of pre-prepared handouts, charts, helpful advice, and even sometimes seminars that they would get leaders of groups to go to. It's a very big organization, too, so you'd have a good chance of somebody being nearby. A doctor's office might have a nurse who'd be knowledgeable and willing to help out, but not necessarily. A major hospital would certainly have someone working there who is a nutrition expert, but whether this person would have the time or inclination to assist, I don't know. It might depend on whether your group was willing to pay and, if so, how much. Some convalescent hospitals (old folks' homes) also have dieticians and one of these might be more interested, as a change of pace. I would advise staying away from places like "Jenny Craig" weightloss centers. I don't think they give or get much real training.
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January 19th, 2009 -- Posted in understanding nutrition |
I am doing a research product on food and would like to understand what the issues are that worry people today related to food & how supermarkets supply and package food.
My main concern with food these days is the ridiculous price. Has anyone else noticed how much meat costs these days? Or butter? Or fresh produce? We are eating more & more pre-packaged foods to stay within our budget, even though we know they are not good for us.
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January 17th, 2009 -- Posted in understanding nutrition |
I understand that being deficient in certain vitamins / minerals / nutrients can result in dry, brittle fingernails. But specifically, which vitamins / minerals / nutrients cause this? My nails are very brittle so I want to ensure I'm getting everything I should be in my diet. I already know about supplements marketed as "nail/skin/hair vitamins" but I want to what component(s) of these is responsible for nurturing healthy nails.
calcium, preferably with vitamin D - it helps body to absorb calcium
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January 13th, 2009 -- Posted in understanding nutrition |
They have to be easy to understand. 9th grade level
lets see popular science…wikipedia…..google….yahoo…..
are places to find your articles
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January 11th, 2009 -- Posted in understanding nutrition |
how can I understand the labels on the food I buy. For the total fat in grams are there however many calories it has in each one of those grams of fat? I don't know how to understand the labels.
There are 9 calories in 1g of fat, and 4 calories in 1g of protein or carbs. If it has trans fat, don't eat it. Saturated fat is also not good in most situations. Look for things with mono-unsaturated, or poly-unsaturated fats. If it has lots of carbs, but they are all sugar, it's not so good. You want your carbs coming from things like fibre or other, not sugar. It will also tell you the vitamins it has, which are based on the recommended daily intake values. The percentages next to things like saturated fat tell you what percent of your daily allowance of sat. fat this represents based on a 2000 calorie/day diet.
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January 9th, 2009 -- Posted in understanding nutrition |
One of the problems I have with popular diets and exercise/nutrition shows or books is that they speak to you as if they think you understand their nutrition lingo. Also, they speak of foods that seem "uncommon" - not something you would find in a local, small-town supermarket. I live in the "real" lower-middle-class world and I can't afford GNC and exotic fruits, much less find them in my grocery store. Please answer in "real world" language; tell me about foods that really can be found anywhere. And please keep it simple. Thanks!
ok to lose weight there is no real food that will start making you lose weight. but foods like cereal and rice will allow you to have energy through carbohydrates, while not making you gain too much weight. another important thing to do is to reduce you intake in meat if you are eating too much. however, its always important to get a little bit of everything. also i would start eating more vegetables and fruits (good source of energy) as well as prunes. and don't gorge on snacks…good luck.
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January 7th, 2009 -- Posted in understanding nutrition |
I checked the box and it gave two answers. Does the calorie count change when you pop the popcorn or do I not understand the nutrition info?
as far as i know unless u add anything additional to it like butter i don’t think the calories change since i think they give the calories for when popped because think about it u can’t eat them unless they r popped
and as for the calories i think the small packet with less butter and everything else like calories they have like 100 well thats wat it actually says on the box sometimes
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January 5th, 2009 -- Posted in understanding nutrition |
I'm reading some interesting books on so-called traditional eating (Fallon, Steiner, Waldorf, Amish). These ideas say that it is good to eat organic, whole foods, protein and get a lot of exercise. I don't understand the whole Rudolf-Steiner thing. Why do so many people object to it? One person told me that this was discredited pseudo-science, racist and should be shunned as "pagan". Is there somebody in the nutrition biz that can explain this to me? Is it really AMA versus the Mercola people? They always draw such battlelines, you know, soy versus not soy, whole milk versus low fat, eggs versus whole carbs.
I think like anything else thats not scientific, its just a matter of opinion. I think Mercola mainly just wants to peddle his supplements and products, but he does have a valid point of view on some things. The AMA I have no faith in at all-they support the peddling of drugs for everything, and think everyone should fit into a neat little box and do exactly as they say-same as the FDA. I imagine they all sit around with a communal crackpipe to come up with some of the things they do. I feel like they dont give enough creedance to other opinions, and vote in whatever they think is okay, like carmine (crushed dead chochineal beatles and cloned meat that doesnt have to be labeled as such) who could think either of those were a good idea? I tend to give more thought to the opinion of someone who studies these things for a living, and will research their findings, but draw my own conclusions. As for the battlelines, if its not for this issues, its for something else. Just like the omnivores vs the vegetarians-sad fact of life that no one respects anyone who does not think JUST like they do. Have a great weekend!
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January 3rd, 2009 -- Posted in understanding nutrition |
this is for boy scouts but i dont understand the questions.
Your body is a machine. A very complicated one. Like all machines in needs fuel to operate. Different parts of the body need varying types and amounts of fuels. Nutrients are these fuels. To be physically fit all these parts must work properly or the machine breaks down and can't operate. Another part of personal fitness is hygiene. You gotta clean the machine. Think of the body as an automobile. It needs regular maintanance an it's your job to see that it gets it.
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January 1st, 2009 -- Posted in understanding nutrition |
I've heard to never eat prepackaged foods but i dont understand why if the nutrition facts exhibit good nutrient supplement and low saturated fats and cholestorol? do you know? is it preservative or something? if so then why?
Pre packed foods are made with tons of chemicals to preserve them, also they usually use partially hydrogenated oil in the ingredients (look at the ingredients of most chips and cookies) this oil last for a long time and keeps the food from smelling rotten, but its bad for the health. Also many artificial smells, colors and tastes are used which are harmfull to you liver.
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