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Pick up a loaf of white bread and check out nutrition label. It says there’s two grams of protein per slice. You make yourself a sandwich with it and, an hour later, wonder what happened. The math adds up on paper, but your body sure doesn’t seem to agree. The reason is that most people … Read more

At its most basic level, most people treats a bagel like a carbohydrate delivery system. That’s what nutrition labels tell us. But what about the protein added by dough and toppings? When we look past that surface-level fact, we see that many morning sandwich are loaded with far more muscle fuel than folks realize. Those … Read more

Most folks believe bone broth is just a healthy version of flavored water, but it isn’t even close. What matter most is the gelatin extracted from the collagen-packed connective tissues and joints as they cook away during hours-long simmering sessions. This process transforms hard-to-digest structural proteins into digestible molecules that your body absorbs to improve … Read more

Sometimes it’s just some oatmeal in the mornings, or a blender jar full. But throw in some chia seeds? Then it gets interesting. Chia seeds have gotten lots of press over the years for being good for you. How much do you add? When does enough become too much? How do you get to the … Read more

Pasta manufacturers provides nutritional information for dry pasta, meaning the hard strands, but protein density change drastically during cooking. If you go solely based off of the box, you may be overestimating amount of nutrition you recieve. To better monitor your intake, learn what’s actualy being counted. Cooked pasta weigh double because it can absorbs … Read more

This is what happens: You’re standing in your kitchen holding a jar of almond butter when it hits you, the seemingly complicated question posed by such a harmless thing. Just how much are you consuming? Because the truth is, this spread offer hunger-satisfying nutrition while controlling calories. There’s just enough nutrient-rich goodness to leave you … Read more

Cashews are one of those foods most of us lump together in a neat little package. Get a handful out of jar for snacking and all you think about is whether they’re raw, roasted, salted, soaked, but whatever. Nutritionally speaking, there’s a bit more to it: Depending on its physical form, the cashew nut will … Read more

Walnuts are a great nut. Healthy and packed with calories in a small package. When you’re snacking on walnuts, you’d be surprised how much of them you can eats before you realize how many calories you’ve actualy had. If you look at the walnuts (or feel them) and try to estimate number of grams of … Read more

Without a nutritionist having to explain it to you, you likely already know that pistachios is good for you. They’re full of protein, have a satisfying snap when you eat them and their bright green color are a sign that they’re fresh. However, due to the wildly different density between various preparations of the nuts, … Read more

When it comes to tracking protein, you’d be forgiven for forgetting all about the banana. Sure, there’s the whey powder, the egg whites and the chicken breast. Those fill plate. The banana, sitting in the fruit bowl, chills out while giving you some potassium along with some carbs. But at just around one gram of … Read more