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How Do I Keep My Blood Sugar Stable? Do the words “blood sugar” conjure up visions of restrictive eating, diabetes medications, or insulin injections? Blood sugar is the measure of the amount of sugar in your blood. You need the right balance of sugar in...
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Nutrient counting is the new calorie counting! This just in – a calorie is a measure of how much energy is in a food – that’s all! But over the years we’ve been programmed to believe that calories are horrible little things that make us fat, which in actual...
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Reduce Inflammation With These Key Foods Inflammation. It’s not just for health headlines.It’s a fact.Scientists are measuring levels of inflammation in our bodies and finding that it can be pretty bad for our health; this is especially true when it’s chronic...
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What is the Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load? Glycemic this and glycemic that. Does it matter?You’ll notice that they both begin with “glycemic.” That’s one tip that they have to do with sugars and carbs. Not only how much sugar is in foods,...
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Food Preservatives A food preservative is a substance added to foods to make them last longer; to “preserve” them. Preservatives are added to foods that go bad quickly and have found themselves in all kinds of products in our grocery stores. Preservatives...
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Three Ways to Avoid Overeating at Meals Sometimes those holiday feasts are just amazing. And it’s not just the abundance of delicious food but also the people, the decorations, and the ambiance. It is way too easy (and common) to indulge on those days. But it...
