Do you love spicy foods? I do. Capsaicin is an active component of chili peppers. It is generally an irritant to mammals including humans and causes a sensation of burning in any tissue with which it comes into contact. Because of the burning sensation caused by capsaicin when it meets mucous...
Let us start with sugar. The word for sugar is saccharide. “Mono” means one. The monosaccharides are glucose, fructose, and galactose. Glucose will bind with other sugars to form a disaccharide. Glucose binds with fructose to form sucrose or table sugar. Fructose is the sugar found in fruit....
One of the keys to healthy, effective nutrition programs is establishing an appropriate daily caloric intake. Not using an adequate daily caloric intake may hinder results or possibly permanently damage resting metabolic rate. Daily caloric intake that provides enough energy to burn body fat or...
The best way to develop nutritional programs for weight loss is by using body fat measurement. By using a body fat measurement, calculations dependent on body density can provide information to reach an exact body fat desired by a client. Body fat is also desirable to determine if a desired...
There are foods available that are known to remove known carcinogens, reduce tumor swelling, and combat cancer. These foods contain isothiocyanates or ITCs that provide anti-cancer and carcinogenic effects. ITCs help battle cancer in three ways. They do not allow carcinogens to be activated,...
Spices make foods taste great. Let’s face it sometimes the spice is what makes a dish work well or not. Spices contain phytonutrients, essential oils, antioxidants, minerals, and vitamins that promote overall health. Some spices that have beneficial effects include bay leaf, black pepper, capers,...
Glycemic index is the measure of how fast a food raises blood glucose. Glycemic index is a great tool used to develop nutrition programs, but not the entire story. The exact same food may have a different glycemic index. Two carrots may vary in the ability to increase blood glucose....
Hundreds of thousands of people across the world cope with depression. This is typically accompanied by a lack of energy and inability to maintain concentration or interest in life. Foods eaten daily could affect a person’s state of depression. There are foods that are beneficial in helping...
There are three energy systems used for muscle contraction. The first is the ATP-PC system. Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) is used to supply energy that allows muscle fibers to shorten or contract. ATP cleaves a high-energy phosphate bond and using the sliding filament theory produces muscle...
Tailored Precision Nutrition is the best in innovative software that is fast, easy, and very effective. TPN benefits many facilities and populations including nutritionists, dieticians, fitness, wellness, bariatric, and other medical facilities by reducing hours of programming into minutes....