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Which is the difference between flash freezing and deep-freezing?
Industrial flash freezing process allows reaching quickly temperatures below -18°C. This quick process forms very small ice crystals in the cells and no damage is caused to the structure of the food.
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Which foods can protect skin from the sun’s rays?
To get a healthy suntan applying a good sun lotion regularly is very important, but also the right diet can be a great help to protect your skin from aging and also from other more dangerous risks related to UV rays.
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I suffer from celiac disease, why certain cheese brands are forbidden?
Actually cheese doesn’t contain wheat and therefore gluten that people who suffer from celiac have to avoid. This misunderstanding comes from the gluten-free checklist of foods provided by the Associazione Italiana Celiachi on its website. This checklist presents only those products for which industries guarantee the absence of any possible contamination.
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Why is it so important to drink a lot of water?
Water is essential for the functions of an organism and is the major constituent of our body. It transports substances to your cells, where all the metabolic reactions take place, thanks to the hydrogen provided by water. Water eliminates metabolic wastes through urination.
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Is pasta al dente easier to digest?
According to experts, the best way to see if pasta is cooked properly is to cut a small piece and see if the centre is still white or not. The white part, called “animella” should have disappeared. Whereas personal taste influences the cooking, things change as digestion is concerned.
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Is it true that carbs and proteins shouldn’t been mixed in the same meal?
There is no scientific proof that foods rich in proteins and foods rich in carbs must be separated. This theory of food combining, published at the end of the 18th century, goes back to the studies of Dr. William Hay, and it became popular in the last twenty years thanks to some books regarding food combining.
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Why do so many people suffer from food intolerance?
It really seems that food intolerance has become an out-and-out epidemic. Intolerance has always existed, but only some are real: lactose intolerance, favism caused by broad beans, phenylketonuria which prevent the metabolize of phenylalanine, rarer than the intolerance of milk proteins.
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Is it bad to mix alcoholic drinks?
It is quite popular that mixing different alcoholic drinks, especially wines (red and white), is particularly bad for your health. Well, at dinner it can happen to change many wines – from spumante to dessert wines, or even strong drinks – and you generally drink more compared to drinking only a kind of wine.
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Should crustaceans be avoided when suffering from high cholesterol?
It’s not that effective to dramatically reduce cholesterol provided by food. It is recommended to consume less than 300g cholesterol per day. Pork meat contains 65-70g cholesterol per 100g, similarly to turkey, chicken and beef.
