Tag ‘Sugar’
NuNaturals Liquid Stevia Giveaway and Review
If you’ve ever thought about going sugar free, chances are you’ve heard of stevia, an all-natural, zero calorie sweetener that doesn’t raise your blood sugar. In the past, I’ve used powdered stevia and pure liquid stevia. This time, however, I tried some new flavored stevia from NuNaturals, who sent me some samples of their Vanilla more
Is Sugar Toxic, and Does Sugar Cause Depression?
60 Minutes recently aired an episode called, “Is Sugar Toxic?” I was immediately intrigued. I saw some previews of it from Dr. Sanjay Gupta on CNN during my workout a couple of weekends back and immediately made note of it to watch. I’ve always been curious about sugar and its effects on the body. Specifically, more
NuNaturals Stevia Giveaway – NuStevia Stevia Extract Packets & Vanilla Liquid Stevia
Who wants free stevia?! What is stevia? Stevia is an all natural sweetener that comes from the stevia plant. It’s 100% natural and replaces artificial sweetener and sugar in baking, cooking and beverages. It has no calories, doesn’t spike your insulin levels, and is safe for diabetics. It also doesn’t have the nasty side-effects associated more
NuNaturals NuStevia Stevia Products Discount Code + Free Samples!
Sugar consumption is a concern for many individuals for various reasons. Sugar has been linked to depression, weight gain & obesity, and life-altering conditions such as diabetes. For some, artificial sweeteners have been the answer, but there are alleged side-effects to these as well. As a result, many have turned to natural, sugar free sweeteners more
Trick-or-Treating with Food Allergies – The Tooth Fairy Saves Halloween!
Holidays are ridiculously hard for families with food allergies. Most Halloween candies contain or may contain peanuts and tree nuts. Thanksgiving and Christmas desserts almost always contain wheat, gluten, dairy and eggs. You can basically forget accepting an invitation to a friend’s house for Thanksgiving dinner. Many food allergy families have come up with unique more
Getting Healthier in 2011 – August Health Goals
As I posted yesterday, this blog is all about getting healthier to live a better life. Last month, I didn’t achieve all of my health goals, but I did okay and actually achieved one that I decided against trying because I thought it was too much to put on my plate – I reduced my more
Guilty Sorrows
You often hear of people talking about their guilty pleasures: a brain rotting reality show, a sugary breakfast on a Saturday morning, fast food indulgences once a week, the fancy coffee from Starbucks each morning… What about Guilty Sorrows? What do I mean by “Guilty Sorrows”? Well, aside from the guilty pleasures (which some would more
Depression Taking Hold
Day 3 following my new lifestyle – exercise, water water water, and little to no sugar…and I am not doing well. The depression has gotten worse, and today, I have a headache. I am having severe cravings too, for something sugary and caffeinated. I really want to just jump in the car and go get more
Health Goals for January
Image by epSos.de via Flickr I posted my 2011 Health Plan (a work in progress), but I wanted to make a monthly goal plan as well. Keep the goals smaller, workable, and easy to stick with. So, my health goals for January are: Drink 9-8oz. glasses of water per day minimum. Take 1 Quercetin per more
Recurrent Yeast Infections GONE! Recognizing Progress!
I decided to visit a health site which I am a member of, and I clicked on my user name to check out my profile and see if any changes needed to be made and make sure that my blog link was there, etc etc etc… To my astonishment, an edit needed to be made, more
