Calorie counting
Menus in Georgia: what to order and how many calories it contains
Georgian menus are deceptive: half the items look like salads and appetizers but are closer to a main course in calories because of nuts and oil.
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Every article takes a claim you have already heard about food and follows the mechanism behind it — what actually happens in the body, what the research supports, and where the claim stops being true.
Calorie counting
Menus in Turkey: what dish names mean and what determines calories
Turkish menus are difficult not because of the language, but because of their structure: the same meat under four names differs by cooking method, and the calorie gap between them is greater than the gap between meat and fish.
Calorie counting
Menus abroad: how to choose a dish when nothing makes sense
An unfamiliar menu raises three different questions that are usually confused: what is this dish, is it safe for me, and how many calories does it contain? Translation answers only the first, and not always.
Calorie counting
Food diary for a nutritionist: what they will ask for and how to keep one
The first thing a nutritionist or dietitian asks for at the start of working together is a food diary for several days.
Nutrition
Nutrition after bariatric surgery: protein and portion size
After bariatric surgery, tracking food changes purpose.
Nutrition
Gestational diabetes: food diary and carbohydrate counting
A diary for gestational diabetes is not about self-discipline or “try writing things down.
Recipes
School lunchbox: what to pack
A lunchbox is tested not at home, but during the break: the child has ten to fifteen minutes, there is no refrigerator, no knife or fork, and the backpack has already fallen twice.
Health
Cortisol and weight: what it really does
Cortisol is blamed for stubborn belly fat, a puffy face, and the inability to lose weight, and solutions are sold in a bottle.
Ingredients and additives
Microplastics in food: what is known and what is not
Microplastics are discussed in two ways: 'we eat a credit card a week' and 'there is no evidence of harm.
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