Have you ever been in a grocery store looking at labels, trying to figure out something that your kids will eat and something that is good for them? Should you pick the snack you know they love to eat, or the one that is better for them but never makes it out of the...
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This January is the beginning of International Sugar Free Month and I'm issuing a challenge to people to spend the whole month of January without any sugar in their diet.
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Sugar cravings can be awfully hard to break, but luckily there are comforting ways to help us through our sugar habit.
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This article will piece together the bits of information out there on sugar and brain function to get a better understanding of what sugar is doing to our brains.
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We do a lot of strange things, and unfortunately for our health, they often lead to illness. As a whole, our memories are short, we think that the things we do every day are the things that humans have always done, but this is just not true.
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Foods that Act Like Sugar
I write a lot about sugar and foods that act like sugar in this blog. Lately, I’ve been getting a few questions about what I mean by “foods that act like sugar,” so here is the explanation and it all start with an understanding of the glycemic index.
The Glycemic Index
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Diabetes Doubles
According to recent research, the number of people with diabetes has doubled in the last 10 years.1 The report, by the Centers for Disease Control or CDC, shows that the nation (and really the whole developed world) is becoming heavier and heavier (see YouTube video) and with that excess weight comes an increasingly...
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Addictions can be tricky to define; there are both physical and psychological addictions. Proving something is an addiction is a bit difficult, but the test below is a test that would work for any addiction. Give it a try:
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What you should notice about this chart, or any glycemic index chart, is that there are a number of foods that are missing. The reason why these missing foods are not on the chart is that they don't have any effect on your blood sugar at all.
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There are two ways to look at cold and flu season. The first is to think that there are bugs out there and if you are too close to someone who has those bugs, you are going to get sick. The second is to realize that there are bugs out there, but there are...
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