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This vegetable oil derived from rapeseed is great for seasoning your healthy meals! It is a powerful source of fat-soluble vitamins such as Vitamin E and K, providing 12% of the daily vale in just a small tablespoon. While vitamin E has great antioxidant properties, vitamin K helps in the normal blood clotting and it has also an important role in normal bone calcification. Moreover, canola is one of the best sources of the two essential fatty acids, omega-3 and omega-6, so it has antioxidant properties and it protects your heart by lowering LDL or bad cholesterol. Some recent studies have also shown a relation between canola oil consumption and improvement in insulin sensitivity.

Canola Oil

As all vegetables, carrots don´t have cholesterol but yes they do have lots of nutrients for you! They are an excellent source of beta-carotene, a pigment which has antioxidant properties and is the primary source of provitamin A. The body has the ability to convert beta-carotene into Vitamin A (retinol), which has multiple functions such as growth and development, reproduction, improving vision and boosting the immune system. Furthermore, carrots have other nutrients such as potassium and dietary fiber.

Carrots

The dietary guidelines from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's MyPlate website suggest people to eat several servings of grains each day -- six ounces for women and seven for men to be exact. Adding corn tortillas to your diet helps you reach your daily recommended intake. Even though corn tortillas have an impressive nutritional profile, they do have some drawbacks. For example, they're moderately high in calories at 218 calories per 2-ounce serving, which is the equivalent of two 6-inch tortillas.

Corn Tortillas

Egg Yolks

Known for its unique aroma and its strong, spicy flavor that mellows and sweetens with its cooking, garlic is one of the most popular ingredients in all cuisines. Some studies have shown that it has antibacterial and potential anticancer properties. Other investigations state that it may also help regulate blood pressure and make blood thinner, thus protecting the heart. So go ahead and spice up your life with garlic!

Garlic Powder

Because of its antibacterial properties, pepper is also used to preserve food. It is a rich source of manganese, iron, potassium, vitamin-C, vitamin K, and dietary fiber. Black pepper is also a very good anti-inflammatory agent.

Ground Black Pepper

Hot sauce is typically made from various types of hot chili peppers, such as habanero, tabasco, cayenne and jalapeno. These peppers, like most plant-based foods, contain qualities that can benefit your health. An active ingredient in chili peppers that makes them spicy and has health benefits is called capsaicin

Hot Sauce

With very low calories and no sodium, it adds much flavor to your food! Jalapenos are a great source of vitamin C and vitamin A, both a great aid to the immune system. Capsaicin is the pungent component that makes jalapenos so characteristic. It offers several benefits such as helping cope with chronic painful syndromes while used topically and its constant consumption may help avoid heart attack and strokes. They also have phenols and flavonoids, pigments with potential anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anti-cancer properties.

Jalapeno

Also known as koshering salt, it is specially recognized because of its flake-like shape. Even though all three salts- sea, table and kosher- contain the same amount of sodium per gram, kosher salt yields less sodium per tablespoon because of its coarser grain. In other words, it enhances the flavor of each ingredient while protecting your heart from an excessive sodium intake!!

Kosher Salt

As a refreshing drink, lemonade helps you to stay calm and cool. The health benefits of lemons are due to its many nourishing elements like vitamin C, vitamin B6, vitamin A, vitamin E, folate, niacin thiamin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, copper, calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, zinc, phosphorus and protein.

Lemons

One tablespoon of mayonnaise has 90 calories, and if that's all you're using, you're making a relatively healthy choice. "It's high in fat but not saturated fat," says Keri Gans, dietician, nutritionist and author of The Small Change Diet.

Mayonnaise

Napa cabbage is incredibly low in calories.Napa packed with many antioxidant plant compounds such as carotenes, thiocyanates, indole-3-carbinol, lutein, zeaxanthin, sulforaphane and isothiocyanates. Fresh napa is an excellent source of folates.

Napa Cabbage

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Pequin Peppers

Pure Vegetable Soya

It also has high amounts of antioxidants and plant phytonutrients. It is low in calories and is free of fats and cholesterol. Radicchio is a good source of selenium, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, B-vitamins, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin K, vitamin E and folate

Radicchio

Oral Rehydration Treatment: Salt is essential for sustaining the hydration levels of the body. It is extremely vital to maintain the electrolyte balance for the smooth functioning of the human organ systems. These electrolytes primarily entail magnesium, potassium, calcium, and sodium.

Salt

Dried spices like cloves, cinnamon, and black pepper all have high ORAC scores, which indicate antioxidant potential. A teaspoon of these spices is comparable to a serving of blueberries or strawberries.

Spices

The light color of organic cane sugar is comparable to turbinado or “raw” sugar, a sign that it is less processed compared to other wholesome sweeteners such as muscovado and molasses. The closer the color of the sweetener to fresh sugarcane juice the better. Even good sugars should be consumed within healthy limits.

Sugar

Tilapia is highly valued as a seafood source due to its many beneficial qualities, which are attributed to its wealth of nutrients, vitamins, and minerals, including significant amounts of protein, omega-3 fatty acids, selenium, phosphorous, potassium, vitamin B12, niacin, vitamin B6, and pantothenic acid.

Tilapia

Vegetable oils come from oil-bearing seeds such as olive, soybeans, corn, peanuts, cotton seed and palm nuts. Vegetable oils contain 100 percent fat, and they usually remain liquid even at fairly low temperatures. Most vegetable oils come in a light yellow color and produce a mild, tolerable odor.

Vegetable Oil

Vinegar is made by fermenting anything that naturally contains sugar. In the case of distilled white vinegar, it is often made from corn and apples. Like other vinegars, white vinegar contains few calories but packs a lot of flavor. Its acetic acid content may help lower cholesterol levels as well.

Vinegar

Drinking Water Helps Maintain the Balance of Body Fluids. Your body is composed of about 60% water. The functions of these bodily fluids include digestion, absorption, circulation, creation of saliva, transportation of nutrients, and maintenance of body temperature.

Water

Xanthan gum is a common food additive that you find in everything from sauces and dressings to ice cream and yogurt and, of course, gluten-free baked goods. In most cases, it's used as a thickening agent, or as a stabilizer to prevent separation of ingredients (like yogurt).

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