Nutrients

Zinc is a trace mineral present in your body in small amounts, but involved in many important metabolic processes. Zinc is an essential nutrient available in a wide variety of foods.

Unlike most fruits the avocado is not sweet, has a high fat content, and does not take kindly to being cooked. However, the avocado is a good source of several essential nutrients with great versatility as a raw ingredient. Learn more.

Food cravings and food addictions have a common feature: loss of self control over the type and or the amount of food you consume often when you are physically and/or mentally tired. What can you do to build self-control?

Sweet potatoes have been a staple food in the diets of many people world-wide for centuries. From a nutrition perspective these versatile and economical root vegetables are packed with essential nutrients which support eating for health.

Pantothenic acid may not be as well-known as other B vitamins, but this vitamin has a very important role in many metabolic reactions essential to life. What does this vitamin do and are you getting enough?