Vegetable fats and oils

everything that I eat on a daily basis. Although my diet has consisted mainly of chicken, tuna, salads, fresh vegetables, fruits, and water to drink, I now realize there are more areas that I need to re-evaluate. Monitoring the seasonings and the amount that I use when I cook is one of those areas that will need adjustment. Becoming more conscious of the recommended amounts of sodium, fats and especially the trans-fatty and saturated fatty acids is another area that I need to monitor more…

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a glass or nonstick baking dish. In a non-stick or cast iron pan heat oil or lard on a medium heat. Place each white or yellow corn tortilla in the hot oil one at a time and place on a paper towel to drain excess oil. Place the tortillas in a warmer or cloth and wrap them to stay warm. “If you are feeling homesick, this dish will make you feel like you are in Texas” (Fain 153). Now, dip the…

world, Americans have a reputation for being sluggish and uneducated. Perhaps that’s because of the high obesity rates in this nation. The formal definition of this disease, according to the Harvard School of Health Science is “having too much body fat”. It’s important to note that obesity is not the same thing as being overweight. The root causes of obesity are the effortless ways of obtaining fast food as opposed to cooking from home, extremely cheap fast food, and inactive lifestyles;…

layer of the cereal grain and consists of the nucellar epidermis, seed coat, pericarp and aleurone. The aleurone layer consists of heavy walled, cube shaped cells which are composed primarily of cellulose. It is low in starch and high in minerals, fat, and protein. However, due to its thick cellulosic walls, these nutrients are unavailable for digestion in monogastric species. Bran from a wide array of cereal grains have been shown to have an effect on postprandial glucose levels, colon cancer,…

Papaya leaf is one of the vegetables taken from the leaves on plants or fruit trees. Indonesians eat papaya leaves as lalab or leaf cooked in a processed way as snacks for cooking rice and also other side dishes. Uniquely papaya leaves have a different taste with the fruit that bitter. But the bitter taste does not limit many Indonesian people to like the leaves of papaya. Even if you can process it, then the leaf will not be too bitter. Behind the bitter taste, it turns out papaya leaves store…

Article 16: Egg yolk face mask Suggested Title: Egg yolks for younger and healthier skin! Suggested Title: Egg yolk: The most effective yet the most inexpensive skin care ingredient Suggested Title: Shield your skin from age damage with egg yolks! There was a time when a hearty breakfast was unimaginable without egg yolks. However, that was before it was accused of being one of the culprits that increased blood cholesterol levels. Since then, egg yolks have turned into breakfast pariahs and are…

Dietary Requirements A. Vitamins and Minerals 1) Fat soluble vitamins are found in fatty foods such as vegetable oils, dairy foods, oily fish and eggs. The body stores these vitamins in your liver and fatty tissues for future use, so there is no need to eat food containing them every day. The fat soluble vitamins are Vitamins A, D, E and K. Water soluble vitamins are not stored in the body, so have to be absorbed from food more often. The body gets rid of any excess vitamins through…

On the first day of the diet journal, I ate a total of 4641 calories. Calories from lipids, or fats, are 655 kilocalories and 211 kilocalories are from saturated fats. The Basal Metabolic Rate is calculated to be 1606 kilocalories, 129 calories that are the Thermic Effect of Food. The Total Metabolic Rate is calculated to be 1935 kilocalories. Based on an Everyday Health article, I gain weight due to adding calories my daily intake caloric. The total grams of sugars on this day was 231, 27 grams…

Do you have any idea about the wonderful drug Vitamin E? If the answer is no then you need to know about it. Vitamin E is a wonderful drug that comes into two forms; one is capsules & other one is oils. If we talk about the benefits of this drug then there are countless. So, we are going to offer some information of this drug. Firstly, it is useful in treating the different heart problems and blood. It is useful in treating arteries, high blood pressure and hardened arteries in the leg. Other…

and sleep. A plant-based diet has minimal fat, it is a common myth that fat drives obesity and unhealthiness, this is true when it comes to Saturated fats which is a fat that contains only saturated fatty acids. Fatty acids are important for all systems of the body to function normally, there are two fatty acids that the body does not produce on its own which are omega 3 and 6. A low fat diet can lead to poor vitamin absorption. Vitamins A, D, E, K are all fat soluble, and are all important to…