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does eating beans cold modifies their nutritional profile?
I read here that if we prepare dried beans this way:
soak overnight.
boil.
put them in the refrigerator.
eat them cold.
They would be digested in the intestines rather than in the stomach, acting as ...
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How exactly is whole-wheat flour healthier than white flour?
I've read the question about Why is White flour unhealthy. It seems like raw/bleached/white flour is just the endosperm component, but that whole-wheat flour contains the endosperm along with the ...
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Gym and Eat less calories [closed]
I have some thoughts that are contradicting each other.
Gym <=> Good for health and longevity.
Eat less calories <=> Good for health and longevity.
Gym or eating less calories - what is ...
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Does soaked oats lower glycemic index (GI) and does it chemically/biologically count as cooked?
what's the best way to prepare or cook oats for the benefits?
does soaking oats have any benefits such as lowering GI?
does cooking oats have more benefits?
how long do you need to microwave oats to ...
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What type of liver is richest in Vitamin D?
My test reports show that my Vitamin D - 25H (Hydroxyvitamin D) is 6.16 ng/ml whereas the normal range is 30 - 100 ng/ml.
So, I read a few articles (e.g. medicinenet, patient.info) on the internet ...
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Which is better; Olive oil or Clarified butter(Ghee)? [closed]
More specifically, if Person A consumed a certain amount of food cooked with olive oil every day, and if Person B consumed the same amount of food cooked with ghee/clarified butter every day, which ...
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When boiling/steaming spinach or kale, are the omega 3 oils boiled out?
As the question states, when boiling/steaming kale, do the omega 3 oils get boiled out? I imagine the answer is yes similar to how oil gets boiled out from chicken or meat in a soup.
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Stevia Sweetener
The sweetener stevia is supposedly healthy. That being said, I have some stevia drops in my refrigerator that are flavored. Is my assumption correct that if this flavoring is artificial, that the ...
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Is eating spicy hot (pungent) food (hot chilli & peppers etc.) healthy or harmful?
I love all kinds of pungent food such as chili peppers etc., the hotter the better.
I'd like to know, are there any significant dangers or benefits related to consuming them?
