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Vitamin E foods: which cooking oils have the most vitamin E
The top vitamin E foods are wheat germ oil, sunflower seeds, almonds, and sunflower and safflower oils. Here are NIH and USDA figures, how every cooking oil compares, and what refining and heat do.
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Calories in 1 tbsp of oil: every common oil compared
There are about 120 calories in 1 tbsp of oil, whichever oil you choose, because every oil is almost pure fat. Here are the...
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Does jaggery contain iron? The anaemia myth, checked
Does jaggery contain iron? Yes, a little: a typical piece gives about 3% of a day's need, along with plenty of sugar. Here are...
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Ghee for babies: when to start, how much, and what doctors say
Ghee for babies, the Indian way: when to add it to a first khichdi or dal, how much is sensible, what paediatric guidance says,...
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Benefits of ghee: why Indian meals start with a spoon of it
The honest benefits of ghee, told through the Indian habit of a spoon on rice and roti: vitamins, flavour, satiety, blood sugar and smoke...
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Ghee after delivery: the Indian postpartum diet, honestly weighed
Why the Indian postpartum diet leans on ghee for 40 days, what the tradition gets right, where it overreaches, and how much ghee makes...
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Vanaspati ghee is not ghee: what vanaspati really is
What is vanaspati? Many kitchens still call it ghee, but it contains no milk at all. How it is made, why it carried so...
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Can you drink castor oil? Cleanses, weight loss and facts
Can you drink castor oil? Cleanses and belly-fat tricks keep trending online. Here is what castor oil actually does inside the body, why the...
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Flaxseed oil vs fish oil: ALA, EPA and DHA explained
Flaxseed oil vs fish oil, compared: flaxseed gives plant omega-3 (ALA), fish oil gives EPA and DHA. How much of each you get, why...
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Mustard oil benefits and risks: is it good for your heart?
The real mustard oil benefits and risks for your heart and cholesterol, what the Indian evidence shows, why erucic acid is the honest caveat,...
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Does black seed oil kill parasites? The cleanse trend
Does black seed oil kill parasites, as parasite cleanse videos claim? What the studies actually show, how real infections are diagnosed, and how to...
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Is jaggery good for weight loss? Myth vs fact
Is jaggery good for weight loss, as jaggery water and jaggery tea videos claim? What jaggery really contains, how it compares with sugar, and...
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