#39 Nutrion

Everyone I know eats. And without eating you'd die of starvation. Now we're a pretty complex race with what vitamins, minerals, liquids and solids we need to survive. Of course you can eat bread and cheese for awhile but you would suffer from iron deficiency.

Or for example sailors in our golden age of pirates. They would die from Scurvy which was a disease where your gums would bleed and teeth fall out. This could of been easily solved if they carried dried oranges for the Vitamin C.

Nutrition is a big part of our lives. From obesity to cholesterol your well being very important.

For information on what you eat and it's nutritional value check out this website:

http://www.nutritiondata.com/

For example looking up what you eat at the breakfast table to the midnight snack you'll realize that you may not be eating right. I found that alot of my foods that have a very high sodium/salt amount that can lead to high blood pressure.

While the apple dippers from Mcdonalds are relative healthy for you even with the low fat caramel sauce. Some other foods for example Kellog's Cereal with real bananas is surprisingly moderately high in inflammatory. I always thought that this was one of the healthiest things to eat other than oatmeal.

Also http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-calculator.asp is a great place to go to find information on your favorite recipes. It'll show you how to cut back or replace certain ingredients to lower any unecessary calories and cholesterol.

Here's one of my favorite recipes. Filet Mignon cooked on a iron fillet with Fetuccini Alfredo:

Nutrition Facts User Entered Recipe Filet Mignon w/ Fetuccini Alfredo:
1 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories		1,354.6
Total Fat		84.1 g
	Saturated Fat	32.7 g
	Polyunsaturated Fat	8.5 g
	Monounsaturated Fat	32.6 g
Cholesterol		217.1 mg
Sodium		3,490.9 mg
Potassium		617.2 mg
Total Carbohydrate		54.9 g
	Dietary Fiber	4.0 g
	Sugars	7.0 g
Protein		85.5 g

By replace a normal piece of bacon with Canadian Bacon and using a Ragu Classic Alfredo Sauce we see a huge difference in Calories and a big difference in Potassium.

Nutrition Facts User Entered Recipe
1 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories		751.3
Total Fat		29.9 g
	Saturated Fat	12.4 g
	Polyunsaturated Fat	1.0 g
	Monounsaturated Fat	1.5 g
Cholesterol		133.8 mg
Sodium		1,118.8 mg
Potassium		429.7 mg
Total Carbohydrate		50.0 g
	Dietary Fiber	4.0 g
	Sugars	8.0 g
Protein		56.6 g