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How I Removed Processed Foods From My Diet
How I Removed Processed Foods From My Diet Today, I was asked if I had written a post addressing how I removed processed foods from my diet. I hadn’t, so it seemed like a good topic for a few hundred words. The complete answer is longer than I can write in one post, which is why I am constantly creating content to help you do what I did along this journey, but I’ll give you the “Reader’s Digest condensed version” here. What follows are what I consider to be the top three things we did to change our eating habits, our health and our weight forever. We learned to read…
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Healthy Energy Bars – Everything You Wanted to Know About Nutrition Bars
Everything You Wanted to Know About Nutrition Bars With so many nutrition bars claiming wholesomeness, how do you know which ones are good choices and which ones are basically junk food in a pretty wrapper? With so many choices, how do you know which are the healthy energy bars? Continue reading to learn more about which protein bars you should buy and which you are best to avoid. What to Look for in Protein Bars Most protein bars have about 150 to 270 calories. Healthy energy bars and quality protein bars usually have seven or more grams of protein along with three or more grams of fiber. Lastly, healthy protein…
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Does Sugar Make You Old?
Does Sugar Make You Old? Does sugar make you old? When sugar reacts with amino acids, AGEs (advanced glycation end products) are formed. It occurs in the foods we eat and also in our bodies. It’s easy to remember as it contributes in a major way, along with oxidation, to disease and aging. Reducing AGEs is critical if you want to slow the development and/or progression of disease and aging in general. If you eat a typical American diet, did you know you will most likely consume 2 ½ pounds of sugar in a week? Reducing dietary intake of AGEs reduces oxidative stress and inflammatory markers in your body. Remembering…
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Are You At Risk For Diabetes?
Are You At Risk For Diabetes? With diabetes reaching epidemic proportions in our country, I read everything I can about preventing the disease. For me personally, one of my great grandmothers was diabetic (hyperglycemia), and I was diagnosed with hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) in my late twenties. I am acutely aware that having hypoglycemia can lead to developing diabetes, so I am very careful. I am at risk for diabetes. Additionally, the impetus for me “disappearing” my chronic depression was that my husband had been driven to pre-diabetes by the statin he had been taking for years. That’s what lead me to this life of healthy eating and of teaching…
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Tiny Steps for Big Changes – How to Change Your Eating Habits
Tiny Steps for Big Changes When I changed how I eat more than six years ago, I made huge sweeping changes very quickly. I did it because my husband was on a statin drug that was not so slowly killing him. By the way, if you take a statin, I suggest you review the possible side effects and be aware of rising glucose levels leading to Type 2 diabetes, memory loss, cataracts and so much more….but I digress. I did not make tiny steps for big changes; I made huge changes to our eating style because we had to get him off the statin. This meant normalizing his cholesterol levels…
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Sugar Addiction, and who in the world is Roger Mason?
Sugar Addiction, and who in the world is Roger Mason? I don’t always agree with everything Roger Mason writes. But…I do think he has some valid points, and I do take some of his vitamins and his mineral products. They are affordable and well done! Today I want to share with you his latest article which is spot on about sugar addiction and sugar substitutes. My favorite part is when he writes: “We have no need at all for sugar in our diets. The real answer is to just stop this sugar addiction. Fifty years ago we didn’t do this. No culture has ever done this. 1 in 3 American children…
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What Do Sugar and Cocaine Have In Common?
What Do Sugar and Cocaine Have In Common? Here’s a scary fact for you to ponder… When scientists took MRI images of the brains of people consuming sugar and highly addictive drugs like cocaine, the same pleasure centers in the brain started lighting up. Sounds pretty, scary, doesn’t it? But what does the similarity between sugar and cocaine actually mean for your brain and your overall health? First of all, sugar is truly addictive. What that means to you is that consuming sugar will alter your brain chemistry, and over time you will start to crave more and more sugar. The urge for your next sweet “fix” comes more frequently,…
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No Clear Link Between Sugar and Health Problems
Sugar and Health Problems Those of us who love the taste of sugar and who try to stay away from it to stay healthy will be thrilled with the results of a new study released that states there’s no clear link between sugar and health problems! Thrilled that is, right up until I tell you that this new study was funded by the world’s leading soda and snack companies!! Here’s a link to the article so you can read for yourself who the member companies are. The article, in part, says… “Food companies—soda makers in particular—are facing a growing research-backed scientific consensus that links consumption of sugary soft drinks to health…
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Sugar… is it really sweet?
Sugar…is it really sweet? I’m having a great time working on my new TV show! It’s a challenge writing, producing and editing, but a great learning experience, and I have the control! [canvakala-video src=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kYe0vGXCgI” width=”400″ height=”300″] In this latest edition of Thin Strong Healthy, I dig deep into sugar…why we love it, why it doesn’t love us back and much, much more. Did you know sugar is as addictive as cocaine, if not more so? It lights up the pleasure centers in our brains and makes us feel good. The down side is the damage it does when we eat it for years and years. Many of us, even those…
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Did you know February 12th is National Plum Pudding Day?
Did you know February 12th is National Plum Pudding Day? By the way, National Plum Pudding Day has absolutely nothing to do with healthy eating…just sharing a fond memory of a sweet dessert I used to love… In my family, for Thanksgiving and Christmas, our holiday dessert was always plum pudding. My mom would steam it in a double boiler to heat it up, and she made the most amazing “hard sauce”. It wasn’t hard, so I never quite understood the name. Perhaps it had something to do with the fact that there was sherry in the recipe. I don’t know. But it was thick and rich and sweet and…
