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6 Steps to a Real Food Diabetes Diet {GUEST POST}

August 24th, 2011 · 59 Comments · Science of Nutrition, Special Situations

Pin ItThere are now 25.8 million people in the United States alone who have diabetes according to the American Diabetes Association. This number does not include the countless people who have been diagnosed with pre-diabetes, gestational diabetes, or the many who live with the symptoms but have not yet been diagnosed. Diabetes is becoming a [...]

A Sweet, Sweet Summer: Unrefined Dehydrated Whole Cane Sugar (Sucanat, Rapadura, Panela and Muscovado)

August 10th, 2011 · 59 Comments · Food for Thought, Science of Nutrition

Pin It Unrefined sugars can be SO confusing. Not only are they unfamiliar in the culture, tough to find at your local grocery store, and a maze of nutritional myths when it comes to the question, “Are unrefined sugars healthier than white sugar?” but then you’ve got 3 and 4 names for basically the same [...]

A Sweet, Sweet Summer: Why is White Sugar Bad For You?

July 22nd, 2011 · 62 Comments · Food for Thought, Science of Nutrition

Pin It We put it in coffee, get tempted by it in desserts, and hardly even know how often it’s added into savory processed foods. Sugar certainly makes life sweeter, but is it also the underlying villain in nutrition? There are plenty of reasons white, refined sugar will hurt you when you eat it. Some [...]

Monday Mission: A No Sugar Day

June 27th, 2011 · 49 Comments · Monday Missions

Pin ItYour mission, if you choose to accept, is to go one day without eating any refined sugar or artificial sweeteners. Impact Ratings: Level of Commitment: Making Strides You’ll have to be a voracious label reader, as almost anything that comes in a box or bottle includes sugar, sometimes found as high fructose corn syrup, [...]

Spring Cleaning Carnival: Get the Refined Sugar Out

April 12th, 2010 · 284 Comments · Science of Nutrition

Pin ItThis week’s carnival hostess is Donielle from Naturally Knocked Up, who blogs about how diet affects fertility. Be sure to catch all the past topics and upcoming themes here. Here’s Donielle: My Personal Story with Sugar My entire life I’ve eaten sugar, and lots of it. Throughout my childhood I honestly don’t remember a [...]

Monday Mission: Use Less Refined Sugar

April 12th, 2010 · 22 Comments · Monday Missions

Pin It Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to find at least one way to cut down on refined sugar this week. Impact Ratings: ? Level of Commitment: Your choice! My Story: White Sugar Free Last year for Lent, I was just beginning my real food journey, and I decided to give up [...]

Spring Cleaning Carnival: Get the Gluten Out

March 29th, 2010 · 117 Comments · Special Situations

Pin It I’m pleased to introduce Amy Green of Simply Sugar and Gluten Free to host this week’s “Get the Gluten Out” carnival. Here is the abridged version of her entire story. See the list of all the carnival topics and hostesses here. My Story: Going Gluten-Free Being overweight was a way of life for [...]