If you like sweets, eating dates is a healthy alternative to eating foods made with processed sugar. Dates are nature’s candy and an ideal replacement for sugar. The image above is the Medjool date paste that I made last week. Date paste adds a subtle sweetness to foods and can be used to make desserts, energy bars, cookies, homemade granola, […]
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In the past 30 years, sugar intake has skyrocketed worldwide. It’s embedded in almost every processed food and drink. Some people call sugar a toxin or a poison. When taken in large amounts, it fuels obesity, diabetes and conditions that lead to heart disease. Triglycerides and metabolic syndrome Sweeteners, such as refined sugar and high fructose corn syrup […]
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Have you noticed? People in offices, standing at their desks or rolling on exercise balls while they work. What’s happening? They’re standing or rolling because they know the health risks of prolonged sitting. Here’s a startling fact. If you exercise vigorously for one hour every day, but spend most of your waking hours sitting (e.g., […]
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