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Based in Chicago, Illlinois, Carbon Live Fire Mexican Grill offers burritos, tacos, and a variety of other Mexican dishes. Carbon Live Fire Mexican Grill includes premium fire-grilled steaks in its steak recipes, so as to promote health and flavor.

When a cook puts meat on the grill, the meat undergoes a number of chemical reactions that promote good flavors and preserve nutritional value. Fire-grilling helps to preserve naturally occurring riboflavin and thiamine, both essential B vitamins that help the body to extract energy from nutrients. Meanwhile, the grilling process encourages the drainage of fat, so that the final product contains less of this undesirable ingredient.

The grilling process prompts the Maillard reaction, a chemical process famous in culinary circles for its ability to brown meat and make it flavorful. The reaction consists of the interaction between amino acids and reducing sugar, which together cause the meat to brown and create a palate of different flavor compounds. As the meat continues to grill, these flavor compounds break down and form yet more combinations to entice the palate.

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Since its formation in 2007, Carbon Live Fire Mexican Grill in Chicago has offered customers quality hand-made food using natural ingredients. The company’s menu includes fresh produce, black beans, and brown rice, as well as steaks that exceed the quality of those typically offered at similar restaurants. Carbon Live Fire Mexican Grill stands out as a featured restaurant on Food Paradise, a culinary travel show produced by Travel Channel.

The premise of Food Paradise is to find the most delicious foods from a variety of cuisines across the United States, thus providing travelers with a litany of restaurants to choose from. Each episode of the show focuses on a specific food, such as the best in doughnuts or Mexican food, or food-related topic, such as the best in carbohydrate-laden foods. Beyond its televised program, Food Paradise also offers advice via the Travel Channel website, helping viewers satisfy their food cravings, no matter where they are.

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An acclaimed Mexican restaurant open since 2007, Chicago, Illinois-based Carbon Live Fire Mexican Grill operates with a focus of treating customers to delicious, healthy dishes using quality ingredients. Carbon Live Fire Mexican Grill's offerings include tortillas cooked only in olive oil, an olive-based vegetable oil regularly used in cooking for thousands of years. Olive oil possesses numerous health and culinary benefits, as outlined below:

1. Lowers risk of diseases. Olive oil contains numerous properties that improve the health of various organs and lowers the risk of diseases like heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and autoimmune disorders. Olive oil includes an abundance of antioxidants that reduce bad cholesterol, protect against cancer, and increases heart health.

2. Promotes weight loss. Studies demonstrate that the presence of mono-unsaturated fats in olive oil can help with weight loss by controlling the body’s level of insulin, a hormone that controls blood sugar and promotes weight gain.

3. Enhances skin health. Frequent exposure to free radicals, toxicity, ultraviolet light, and a poor diet can damage the skin and trigger the onset of skin cancers in extreme circumstances. However, healthy sources of fat like olive oil contain high levels of vitamin E and other antioxidants that hydrate skin, fight infection, and accelerate wound recovery.

4. Fights depression and mood disorders. Some studies link low-fat diets with higher rates of depression and anxiety, partially due to the brain not receiving enough mood-boosting hormones such as serotonin or dopamine. Olive oil and other healthy fats possess anti-inflammatory and hormone-balancing effects that fight depression and mood disorders.

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Black Beans - an Essential Component of Digestive Tract Health

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Black Beans - an Essential Component of Digestive Tract Health

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Carbon Live Fire Mexican Grill is a well-established Chicago destination with locations in the West Town and Bridgeport neighborhoods. As featured on the television show Food Paradise, Carbon Live Fire Mexican Grill is known for its tender steak and its cuisine's healthy ingredients that include fresh black beans and brown rice, with all items grilled in olive oil.

Unlike refried beans, which are created using bacon fat, black beans are one of the healthiest staples available. With an indigestible fraction that exceeds that of both lentils and chickpeas, black beans are essential in ensuring the health of the colon and digestive tract. In particular, they enable the colon’s bacteria to generate butyric acid, which is utilized by cells lining the colon to ensure its proper daily functioning.

Black beans are also an excellent phytonutrient source, with regular consumption linked to lower rates of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. For this reason, legumes such as black beans are recommended by organizations such as the American Cancer Society and the American Heart Association.

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Carbon Live Fire is a business in Chicago, Illinois. Visit Carbon Live Fire's website from their page.

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Since 2007, Carbon Live Fire Mexican Grill has served flavorful and healthy Mexican food to patrons in the Greater Chicago area. All dishes feature fresh ingredients, including tender steak and brown rice. Whole wheat tortillas are available on request, and all tortilla cooking takes place in olive oil alone. Vegetables are not only fresh, but also roasted immediately before food preparation, just as beans never come from a can.

Carbon combines these fine ingredients into a diverse menu of tacos, burritos, quesadillas, and other Mexican classics. Side dishes as well as beverage stand desserts enhance its menu, as do freshly prepared soups. Customers have the option of eating on site or ordering either pickup or delivery, both of which are available to order through Carbon's website.

Carbon welcomes orders of all sizes, including catering requests for 10 diners or more. Catered meal options include the classic catering menu and the Best of the Best selection, the latter of which includes fresh guacamole and all available salsas in addition to a half brownie per person for dessert.

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Since 2007, Carbon Live Fire Mexican Grill has served flavorful and healthy Mexican food to patrons in the Greater Chicago area. All dishes feature fresh ingredients, including tender steak and brown rice. Whole wheat tortillas are available on request, and all tortilla cooking takes place in olive oil alone.

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TRAVEL CHANNEL: Food Paradise visits Carbón Live Fire Mexican Grill in Chicago, IL ("Best Mex" original air date: January 15, 2017)