My food product, Avocado Egg Rolls, is focused on the food trend of health and wellness, globalization and convenience which is combined into one package. Avocado is known as a superfood, that provides an abundance of nutritional content which individuals can benefit from. They contain a healthy monounsaturated fatty acid and nearly 20 vitamins and minerals. Together, this aids in combating chronic diseases by decreasing the risk of obesity, diabetes and heart and cardiovascular disease while…
The shift in American food production and cooking has lead to an impact on our health. As a determinate of health, cooking maintains healthy, sustainable practices and regulates the products we consume. However, a steady trend shifting from home cooking to store bought food has led to a decrease in health and sustainably in our system. Mark Bittman and Michael Pollan have come to similar conclusions, we must increase our home cooking to help reform the system and our health. Overall, these…
Whole foods are closest to their natural form and are therefore rich in nutrients and free of unhealthy, unnatural additives” (Vitamins, Minerals and Nutrients…Decoded for Vegans and Vegetarians! Par. 2). Macronutrients are those that provide the body with the best possible energy supplements and consist of carbohydrates…
Food is commonly recognized as a substance containing nutritional elements for the human body. However, from the archeological record to today, there are many examples of items of food that are consumed for reasons other than simply fulfilling one’s dietary nourishments. In modern cultures, medical substances fit into this category, since they are properties that are ingested for reasons other than nutritional value. In Callahan’s article, ‘Eating dirt’, he not only discusses the nutritional…
Trying to lose weight but can not drop the bad habit of drinking soda? One may say, “No problem, I will just drink diet soda. It contains no calories or sugar. It is the perfect alternative for weight watchers.” This could not be further from the truth. Diet soda is advertised as a healthy alternative to drinking regular soda, but little do people know that diet soda carries its own load of unhealthy risks. Through multiple studies and countless research, diet soda has been shown to cause many…
the Western Diet" argues the remedy to our health crisis is to transform to a diet of non-processed, organic, local, homegrown food. Pollan believes in a basic, more historically traditional diet. While Pollan brings up many valid points of healthy dieting, author David Shapin of, "What Are You Buying When You buy Organic?", and David Freedman, author of, "How Junk Food Can End Obesity" offer opposing arguments of sustainability.…
In our daily life, we have to face what food I want to eat and how should I cook by myself or go to the restaurant? Do you struggle with this issue? I always struggle with this issue. When I wake at morning, I start to think to eat bread better or cooked cereals. What complicates matters, even more, is that I don’t like cooking. In my opinion, cooking is so waste time that I don’t have enough time to prepare the breakfast. If you are like me, you have struggled with these questions. After…
6. Chad Christian Clift and the Beauty of Simple Menus Whether he is preparing delightfully tasty meals at a Seattle restaurant or cooking in his own home, Chef Chad Christian Clift believes that the best meals are the ones that are based on simplicity. Working with Asian cuisine has heightened this philosophy, and given him a chance to broaden his definition of simple elegance. There is truly something to be said for keeping a meal or menu item simple. This by no means implies that the item has…
While in the grocery store shopping or at the gas station paying for your total on pump 2 do you face the desire of going down the candy aisle, strolling by the potatoes chip rack, or even walking past the open window of the food cooked right before your eyes? Everyone has a weak pleasure, something that latches onto their tastes buds filling their mouths with a heavenly, mouthwatering feeling, a pleasure that some people cannot overcome leaving very negative life impacting consequences, like…
[ref][Caffeine and Sleep](https://sleepfoundation.org/sleep-topics/caffeine-and-sleep "Caffeine and Sleep"). National Sleep Foundation.[/ref]Without any nutritional benefits, caffeine has no place in children's diet - caffeine can replace the nutrient-dense foods like milk and suppress hunger in…