Enlarged Prostate and Pumpkin Seeds Pumpkin seeds are available all year round but it is great to get them fresh from the pumpkin you carve. Don’t throw them away because in terms of nutrition they are a treasure. A serving is roughly 1 tablespoon (10 grams). So you really don’t need to eat many...
List Complex Carbs Carbohydrates come in two basic types, simple and complex. Simple carbohydrates are comprised of simple molecules that are easily digested into the bloodstream. Examples of simple carbohydrates are: dextrose, fructose, fruit juice concentrates, glucose, honey, lactose, maltose, molasses, and sucrose. Most of our carbohydrates should come from complex carbohydrates, providing energy,...
Nutrition Facts of Whole Grain At least half the grains you eat should be whole grains, says the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Next time you shop for food, substitute whole grains for some of the grains you usually buy. Whole-grain products contain all three parts of the grain’s seed, the endosperm, gran...
Healthy Fats Foods Low fat diets have promoted for so many years yet our population keeps getting fatter. The obesity rates for Americans have doubled in the last 20 years, coinciding with the advent of the low-fat revolution. In the 1960s, Americans ate 45% of their calories from fat – and only 13% of...
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