Kitchen Cookings Modern food trends about eating healthy, have sparked a lot of discussion about Vitamin B12. Also known as Cobalamin, Vitamin B12 is vital. It fulfills a number of essential functions in the body, it is necessary for blood formation, cell metabolism, and nerve function. Our body can not produce vitamin B12 by itself, we have to … Read more
Our body consists of about 60 percent water and our brain even of about 80 percent. We permanently lose water, through excretions, through breathing and sweating. Depending on the physical activity a healthy adult loses on average about 2.5 liters per day. This water loss must be replaced so the body can function. However, the … Read more
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All of a sudden gluten-free products seem to be everywhere. But what is gluten and why is gluten so bad for you? Actually, for most people, gluten is not bad. Gluten has played an important role in the human diet since the days we stopped being hunters and gatherers and started farming. Gluten is a … Read more
The craving for sweets is in our genes – that’s fine in small quantities. But on average people in the industrialized world, consume about four times the recommended amount of sugar per day. But how much sugar a day is too much? High sugar consumption is not only bad for our weight it is also one … Read more
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Adding a bit of sherry or wine to a gravy or a stew may benefit the flavor of the dish. Boiling lets the alcohol evaporate into the air only the flavors of the ingredient are retained. So does alcohol cook out of food? Unfortunately, this is not always the case. Especially not if the alcohol is … Read more
Do you want to prepare a tasty slow-cooked dish but can’t spare all day doing it? This large 7-quart slow cooker makes it easier to prepare a delicious meal for a large family or group of guests. A large slow cooker for big families The Crock-Pot 7 Quart Oval Manual Slow Cooker (SCV700SS) comes in … Read more
When searing a cut of meat to give it some roast flavors before it goes into the slow cooker, it can get quite hot in the pan. Not all cooking oils can withstand high temperatures equally good. When oil overheats it loses taste as its ingredients oxidize and disintegrate. As a result, dangerous toxic substances … Read more
Teflon is found in every household. The advantages of Teflon coated cookware are obvious: They are usually cheap to make and much easier to clean than uncoated cookware. But those non-stick coatings can also have a negative side when not used properly. So, when is Teflon bad for you? What is Teflon? Teflon is actually … Read more