Most of us know that eating too much sugar is bad for us. Sugar promotes acidity in the body which provides a breeding ground for illness and disease. Rising rates of sugar consumption over decades has contributed to increasing rates of candida, obesity, insulin...
Every 5 years the U.S. government revises our national dietary guidelines. Recently the nutrition advisory panel that helps to formulate those guidelines came out with new recommendations. Among them was their new sugar consumption guideline. They now advocate...
Plaque Causes Tooth Decay Dentists are asked nearly every day how to prevent cavities and what can be done to prevent future dental decay. The inability to remove the plaque (90% bacteria) from teeth is the cause of decay on your teeth. The bacteria in the...
Summer officially starts this week, on Friday, June 21. Most of us have air conditioning these days, but many of us can remember sleeping on sticky sheets with the fan in the window during the summer! Which never worked, by the way!! When it gets hot, who wants to be in the kitchen using the oven or the stove? Now is the time to try all those recipes that don’t require cooking!! Salads of all types – green salads, fruit salads, raw kale salads, gazpacho soups, cold cucumber or melon soups, and caprese salad – taste wonderful and don’t heat up the kitchen.
Yes! XYLITOL is a natural ingredient that can help to reduce bacteria and fight tooth decay. Xylitol first became popular in Europe as an alternative for people with diabetes. It is found in natural resources such as birch trees, corn, vegetables and fruits.
Dr. Mark Hyman has coined the term “diabesity”. It refers to the journey from a normal blood sugar level to pre-diabetes and finally to full blown Type II diabetes, often accompanied by obesity. Sugar, Sugar, Sugar Refined foods, sugary drinks and fast foods...
If you’ve tried to kick the sugar habit and failed, you may be facing something similar to an addiction. You could be facing a larger problem than you may have realized. Have you ever noticed that when you eat sugar you crave more sweets? Sadly, sugar addiction is...
Research shows that sugar can trigger compulsive cravings and stimulate the need for more and more for the same effect, similar behavior to a drug addiction, although not classified as such. Many Americans had a rude awakening recently if they were in front of their...
These 3 health mistakes are common and can hurt your health. Life certainly doesn’t come with a guide book and we all do the best we can with the tools we have. That said, when we see a better way or when we gather more information we are inspired to make changes....
For some, the need for sugar morphs into an unwavering compulsion and could be considered an actually biological addiction. Before you continue to read any further, check and see if this sounds like you: • Have tried over and over again to cut out sugar from your diet?
Oftentimes, when I have clients that are looking for strategies to stop sugar cravings, I realize that they’re looking for some “magic tip or trick”. They want to hear that some fascinating new berry was discovered deep in the Amazon rain forest that promises to stop...