Food & Nutrition

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Counting Calories and Still Gaining Weight? Her...

At seemingly every restaurant now, each menu item is accompanied with its caloric value. This idea caught on about twenty years ago, and now it is everywhere. But recently there...

5 Reasons Not to Overeat and how to prevent it

5 Reasons Not to Overeat and How to Prevent It

The holiday season is a wonderful time filled with family, fun, and, of course, food! Food seems to be in abundance everywhere you turn. All the snacks, candy, and hearty...

Are All Carbs Bad?

Are All Carbs Bad?

Obviously, carbs have been getting a bad rap lately. In the past couple of decades, the Atkins, Keto, Low-carb, Paleo, Whole30, South Beach, Zone, and other diets/lifestyles have bashed carbs....

A little girl is wearing a witches hat and holding two black paper pumpkins over her eyes. Words over the image: 4 Ways to Replace Candy on Halloween: ...this year just do one thing to reduce the sugar overload that you've had in the past..."

4 Ways to Replace Candy on Halloween

  Halloween is one of the BIGGEST candy days of the year! Let's be real when you were a kid what were you looking forward to most when Halloween finally...

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Sugar: The Enemy of All Ages

Sugar is known to lead to heart disease, obesity, and high blood sugar in adults. But did you know the risk of these diseases increases the more you eat sugar...

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Sneaky Sugars and How to Find Them

  80% of grocery foods have added sugar! Most of these foods are mainstream or easy foods such as Mac’n Cheese. But there are other foods you wouldn't think have...