Nutrition Basics

Chia Seed
How to Replace Flax With Chia
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Four young people in kitchen drinking alcohol and smiling can lead to alcoholic swollen fingers
Why Your Hands Swell When You Drink Alcohol (and What to Do About It)
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Someone being served a smaller portion of food at the dinner table
7 Tricks to Adjust to Smaller Portions of Food
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Protein capsules can help increase your daily protein intake without increasing calories.
What Are Protein Tablets?
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Bunch of sweet Longong fruit and leaves on the table
Health Benefits of Lanzones
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Walnut coconut soap
What Is Potassium Cocoate?
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Pile of capsules with probiotic powder inside on white background.
Why Do Probiotics Make Me Sick?
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Healthy wrap with salad and croutons
Good Carbs for Lunch
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Glass of carrot juice, top view
5 Health Warnings to Consider When Juicing Carrots
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Coconut oil
How to Replace Butter for Coconut Oil in Baking
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Dry wood ear mushrooms
3 Nutritional Benefits of Wood Ear Mushrooms
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Job's tear seed in the black bowl on woody texture.
The Health Benefits of Job's Tears
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Multivitamins with iron supplementation
The Best Iron Supplement for Low Ferritin Levels
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Sloppy Joe sandwich served with French fries
How to Make Sloppy Joes Taste Better
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a young adult holding their temples feeling lightheaded and nauseous from not eating
Why Do I Get Nauseated & Lightheaded if I Don't Eat?
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How to Make Chocolate Whey Protein Taste Better
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cabbage head growing on vegetable bed
Benefits and Side Effects of Cabbage Juice
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Healthy food for balanced flexitarian mediterranean diet concept
How to Prevent and Treat Malnutrition
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Relaxed couple with coffee cups
Does Caffeine Deplete Vitamin D in the Body?
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Young man with sensitive stomach puting sugar in his coffee
5 Foods People With Sensitive Stomachs Should Avoid for Breakfast — and What to Eat Instead
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Drinks for Two
Is Ovaltine Healthy or Just a Sweet in Disguise?
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Can Taking Supplements Delay a Period?
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Pills in glass container
Folic Acid and Constipation
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Mussels in clay bowl, glass of white wine and lemon
Manganese vs. Magnesium: What's the Difference?
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"Milk droplet splashing, close-up"
What Is Calcium Caseinate?
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Man shopping for lettuce at a grocery store
What Green Lettuce Is the Most Nutritious?
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Sources of Vitamin C
Calcium Ascorbate vs. Ascorbic Acid
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Bottles of magnesium, folic acid and D3 vitamin pills top view
Dosage Required to Recover From a Magnesium Deficiency
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yogurt 48
Does Yogurt Block the Absorption of Iron?
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Close-up of human hands on conference table in an office
Tingling in Hands & Feet & High Potassium
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Fish and chips on a wooden table
Foods to Avoid With Gallbladder Sludge Problems
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Woman with allergy symptom blowing nose
Dangers of Taking L-Cysteine
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delicious fruit yogurt in the glass
How to Get 100G of Protein in Protein Shakes
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Child taking multivitamins
Is It Ever Safe for Children to Take Adult Multivitamins?
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close-up of a woman being fed spinach
Vitamins for Bags Under the Eyes
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Man with pain in stomach
Psyllium Fiber Vs. Methylcellulose
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Person holding coffee in red mug at wooden cafe table with ADD and caffeine wondering add and caffeine what is alza 54 used for
Can You Mix Ritalin and Caffeine?
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Fruit Jelly
Sources of Gelatin
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cup of coffee
Tramadol & Caffeine Reaction
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dried strawberries
Advantages & Disadvantages of Freeze-Dried Food
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Close-up of tapioca starch or flour powder in wooden spoon with wooden background
The Health Benefits of Tapioca
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kettle and cup of red tea with strawberries, mint
What Are the Benefits of Strawberry Tea?
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grilled rye sandwiches with cheese, spinach, pesto, avocado and goat cheese
Diet for Cracked Lips and Fingers
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Candida
Anti-fungal Vitamins
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small icing sugar covered donuts
Examples of Processed Carbs
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Find Natural Sources of Iron
4 Ways to Avoid Constipation When Taking Iron Tablets
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Bodybuilder Drinking Water From Shaker
Recommended Daily Sodium Intake for Bodybuilding
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Stainless steel bowl with uncooked green split peas.
Nutritional Facts for Homemade Split Pea Soup
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Can You Take L-Arginine & Creatine Together?
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What Is the Daily Recommended Intake of Korean Red Ginseng?
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water ph testing test comparing color to indicated
What is an Alkaline Solution?
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Father and son (6-7) drawing at kitchen counter, mother using mobile phone
What Happens With Nexium & Iron?
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Photo, bowl of oatmeal, muffin and a glass of orange juice, Color, High res
How Much Wheat Germ Do You Take Per Day?
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Fresh chicken gizzards and gizzards are placed in white porcelain saucers
The Health Benefits of Gizzards
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Capsules
The Amount of Vitamin D in Krill Oil
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View of coffee cup with latte art straight from above
Can Caffeine Make You Feel Short of Breath?
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How Much L-Arginine Can You Take per Day?
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Doctor assisting woman after taking dangerous supplement.
Why Taking Miracle Mineral Supplement Is So Risky
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Can Drinking Expired Juice Make Kids Sick?
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Bison vs beef burger with arugala cheese onions
Why Bison Is the Better Alternative to Beef — and How to Cook It
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Custom graphic showing dates nutrition.
Dates Are a Nutritious Snack That Also Make for a Healthy Sweetener
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top view bowl of colorful loops cereals for breakfast
Foods That Are Converted Into Sugars After Being Eaten
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Green pears on a white plate
What Are Fermentable Carbohydrates?
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Fish oil capsule
How Soon Does Omega-3 Start to Work?
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woman eating different nuts (cashew, hazelnut, almond) in modern kitchen. Healthy food and Dieting concept. Loosing Weight
All About Linoleic Acid, Linolenic Acid and ALA
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Girl drinking water after exercising
Negative Effects of Drinking Too Many Electrolytes
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Seeing Spots as a Symptom of Vitamin Deficiency
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Hair loss problem on bruch, on white background
Iron Deficiency, Gluten & Hair Loss
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Blueberry smoothie in glass
How to Make a Whey Protein Shake With Fruits
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Woman eating gateau while standing in front of fridge.
Why Are We Hungrier in the Morning When We Eat Late at Night?
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Woman washing her hair
What to Do if You Have a Niacin Reaction
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Raw and dried green bananas, plantain flour, resistant flour, prebiotic food
Health Benefits of Green Bananas
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We believe healthy eating habits are the foundation of good health. At our nutrition basics page, we offer a variety of resources to help you understand the food groups, macronutrients, micronutrients, portion sizes and more.

Our team of nutrition experts provides in-depth articles on a variety of nutrition-related topics, such as how to read food labels, how to build a balanced meal and how to make healthy food choices when dining out.

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