Is sugar as evil as everybody says? Are any of the 7,156 non-sugar sweeteners on the market actually safe to consume? Lucky you found this article because the answers to these and more questions will become self-evident after a quick word from our sponsor.
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Should you or should you not grab an energy bar when you don’t have time for a full meal or feel you need to charge the batteries before an intense workout? Good question. The answer, as always, is a solid…maybe.
It all depends on which one you grab. Some of the choices masquerading as ‘health’ bars [...]
What’s the REAL lowdown on red meat’s role in your daily diet? Is it the source of all that is good and righteous in the world or the primary occupant of the devil’s freezer? The answer is probably both and neither. As with most topics as hotly debated as this one, there is no cut [...]
There’s one simple thing you can do that will, according to statistics from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, help you lose twice as much weight. What is this magical action? Relocate to a deserted island with nothing but banana leaves for sustenance? Hire a professional seamstress to sew your lips shut?
Uh, no. Neither [...]
You can eat a balanced diet high in nutrition without dropping everything and getting a degree in foodology. The very topic of nutrition can be paralyzing in scope and even cause heart palpitations when trying to sort your way through the mountain of information.
It doesn’t have to be so hard. Really.
Like it or not, the [...]
To literally count every single calorie you ingest for the rest of your life could very well land you in the loony bin. Is counting calories even necessary to lose weight or is it simply the price that must be paid for a hot body? It’s quite the conundrum, isn’t it? But maybe there’s a [...]
Ever find yourself lounging around the house, twiddling your thumbs desperately in a food-based panic in the midst of your latest diet attempt? Snacks are killers. It’s too easy to toss back mega-calories just killing time between meals. It’s time to stop licking asbestos and nibbling lead paint chips. Here are some ideas for a [...]
This Sunday is the Super Bowl, that wonderful time of year when millions of Americans gather ‘round the television to eat themselves into severe gastric distress and watch a handful of companies blow the yearly ad budget on a commercial nobody will remember next week much less next year.
You don’t have to do that to [...]
There is an ancient Chinese proverb that says, “Better to be deprived of food for three days, than tea for one.” I guess they like their caffeine. So is green tea really good for you or is it all a lot of hype and hooey? There must be something to it. Green tea has been [...]
Why should you eat fish? You’re on top of the food chain. It’s your place in the order of life! There are other reasons as well, but keep that one in mind too. Lately, there has been plenty of rhetoric in the media about eating fish from the ocean (or China), saying it is akin [...]
