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Health & diet tips

Practical kitchen wisdom — 22 tips and counting.

Health & diet tips

Eating tomatoes to prevent prostate cancer

Eating tomatoes, especially cooked, in tomato based sauces for example, can prevent prostate cancer. This is d...

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Nutritional information on bananas

Ripe bananas contain about 20% sugar whereas unrip bananas contain only 1% sugar. An average banana contains 0...

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Nutritional information on avocado

Avocado contains a lot of fat, compared to other fruits. Most of it though is monounsaturated fat which is goo...

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Nutritional information on asparagus

Asparagus is an excellent source of vitamin C and folate. It contains 20% vitamin C and 25% dolate. It is also...

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Nutritional information on appricots

Apricots are a good source of Vitamin A. 1/2 a cup of apricots contains 20% of Vitamin A and 4% of Vitamin C.

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Substituting fat with apricot puree

Apricot puree is a great alternative to fat in recipes. Simply replace the required fat in a recipe with apric...

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Nutritional information on applesauce

Applesauce is a good source of fiber. It is low in sodium and contains no fat, no cholesterol and no saturated...

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Substituting fat with applesauce

You can substitute half of the amount of fat used in a recipe with an equal amount of applesauce. For example,...

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Nutritional information on apple juice

1 cup of apple juice provides 170% of your daily vitamin C requirements and 125 calories. Apple juice is also...