Food (other)

Food (other)

General food products.

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reasonable goal

Fitness; Diet

A simple target that can be met to encourage further good observance of a dietary plan.

starch

Fitness; Diet

See Complex Carbohydrates.

high calorie - low volume

Fitness; Diet

These are foods that do not often satisfy an appetite, so encouraging more to be consumed, even though they are high in calories. Subsequently more of this food is eaten than ...

oils

Fitness; Diet

Related to fats, oils are tryglycerides that are liquid at room temperature, where fats are tryglycerides that are solid at room temperature. (See Triglycerides).

calorie

Fitness; Diet

Calorie is the building block of weight control. It's a measurement of heat. It is the amount of energy that is required to raise one milliliter of water by one degree Celsius. ...

hyperglycemia

Fitness; Diet

Also know as high blood sugar. It's the symptom of either too little insulin or of the body's inefficient use of insulin. Indicators of hyperglycemia include frequent urination, ...

amino acids

Fitness; Diet

Nine of these essential `building blocks of proteins’ cannot be manufactured by the body alone and so have to be provided though food intake. People following a Vegan diet should ...