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Sugar 101
Love sweets? Or maybe you don’t think you have added sugars in your diet? Think again! Besides obvious sources of added sugar like sweets, pastries, cookies, pop, specialty coffee drinks, and cocktails, unfortunately sugar can be hidden from plain view in “healthy” products such as nonfat yogurt, pasta sauce, breakfast bars and cereals, smoothies and juices. Actually many “health foods” on the market today are very high in added sugars. How? Simply because sugar has so many names and the manufacturing companies use this trick to their advantage. The following list includes different names for sugar which you should watch...
"Stepping into 2017 with a detox? Get the facts before you do..."
Why Detox? Detoxification is a natural process in the human body, where the liver, kidneys, and gastrointestinal system promote elimination of accumulated toxins and unwanted chemicals from the body. In perfect conditions - where one consumes a healthy and balanced diet without excess saturated and trans fats, nitrates, heavy metals, POP’s, BPA’s, carcinogens, artificial colours and flavours - the body will easily detoxify and eliminate the natural byproducts of metabolism...
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