Health & Nutrition

Foods with High Amounts of Hidden Sugar

Foods with High Amounts of Hidden Sugar

Foods with High Amounts of Hidden Sugar

Sugar is the real culprit.

For many years people have been led to believe that saturated fat is the main cause of heart disease. However new studies have revealed that saturated fat is far less harmful than sugar. It is no surprise that that chocolates, fizzy drinks, sweets and cakes are loaded with added sugar. But there are other culprits that you might not associate with added sugar.

Theses culprits are the foods which are packed with large amounts of hidden sugar.

Food manufacturing companies have become wise about the outcry of added sugar by health practitioners, and with clever marketing, have started to disguise the sugar in their products so that consumers do not know how much sugar they are really eating.

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10 Tips For Losing Weight and Feeling Great!

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10 Tips For Losing Weight and Feeling Great!

10 Tips For Losing Weight and Feeling Great!

When trying to lose weight and maintain it, oftentimes the hardest part is working through food cravings, binge eating and emotional eating.

Your relationship with food is a lifelong one, and one that can’t be avoided, so it’s important to maintain a healthy one. Not one that causes you stress, frustration and weight gain. At some point in our lives, we need to develop a healthy relationship with food—one that is founded on fulfilling with your nutritional needs, not your emotional ones.

One thing to remember is that it’s crucial to begin eating for health and nutrition, not for emotion. Sound eating involves bringing in balanced meal plans, picking out healthy foods while eating out, and making a point that you’re getting the correct vitamins and minerals in your diet.

Lucky for you, I’ve put together 10 great tips for you to build a healthy relationship with your lifeblood (food) so that you can start feeling great and losing weight!

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Home Made Herbal Chicken Stock Recipe

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Home Made Herbal Chicken Stock Recipe

Home Made Herbal Chicken Stock

The basis of a good soup is usually a good stock. Once you know how to make a good stock, you can use it for an almost endless variety of soups. This is a recipe I use for chicken stock that's easy to make, and tastes delicious. I usually make extra, and freeze what I don't use.

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What You Think You Know About Healthy Eating Might Be Wrong

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What You Think You Know About Healthy Eating Might Be Wrong

What You Think You Know About Healthy Eating Might Be Wrong

Nutrition and diet info is everywhere!

And each expert and association tries to lead you in their direction because they know best and their advice is going to help you, right? 

Well.. maybe. 

Everyone has heard, and maybe lived through the intense focus on how much you eat. This has gotten way too much attention because while this DOES affect your weight and energy level, it's certainly not the holy grail of health. 

Let's focus a bit more on the often overlooked (and proven) benefits of what you eat and drink and how you eat and drink. 

The 'calories in, calories out' philosophy (i.e. how much you eat) is being drowned out with the research on other factors that may be just as important. Don't get me wrong, limiting calories, carbs or fat can certainly help you lose weight but that's simply not the only factor for long term weight loss and maximum energy for everyone.