All About Canned Salmon,
How to Use Rice Paper,
Plus a Recipe for Asian Roll-Ups
I’ve got lots of good info for you today! Make sure to check out the yummy recipe at the end (and then you’ll see why I’m throwing these random ideas together 
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Canned Salmon: Why and How to Buy
Canned salmon is the ultimate convenient nutritional powerhouse. It is full of vitamins and minerals, along with wonderful Omega 3 fatty acids. There are many kinds of salmon; the most often canned are pink and red sockeye. Both are excellent choices. Read the rest of this entry »
The Skinny on Fats:
Short-, Medium-, Long-Chain Fatty Acids
What Does it All Mean?
Today we’re continuing to talk about FAT. In the first fat post, we introduced fatty acids and discussed the details of classifying them by saturation. Another way to classify these fatty acids is by length.
Do you remember two elements that make up fatty acid chains? That’s right: carbon and hydrogen. The total number of carbon atoms determines whether it is a short-chain, medium-chain or long-chain fatty acid. Let’s look at some quick facts for each type. Read the rest of this entry »
The Skinny on Fats:
Mono-, Poly-, Un-, Saturated and Essential
What Does it All Mean?
Let’s talk about FAT.
Fat is one of the most misunderstood and vilified substances in all of nutritional science. I’d like to spend the next few days getting to the bottom (no pun intended, haha) of why we need fat, what kinds we need, and why fat has gotten such a bum (wow, two puns in one sentence!) rap. Today, let’s go over what some terms commonly used to describe fat actually mean. It may not be the sexiest thing you’ll ever read, but it will help you gain a better understanding of nutrition in general.
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