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10 Harmful Health Effects Caused by Excessive Sugar Consumption

10 Harmful Health Effects Caused by Excessive Sugar Consumption

Foods taste sweet because they contain sugars which can be naturally occurring or added. What’s the main difference between the two? Naturally occurring sugars are the sugars found in whole foods, for instance, fruit, milk, vegetables, and some grains. Fructose… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness Nutrition, Food, Health, Holistic Medicine, Lifestyle, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Personal Care
Help, I Have a Fatty Liver! Now What?

Help, I Have a Fatty Liver! Now What?

Rivers from Connecticut asks: “My husband (age 64) and I (age 65) both have non-alcoholic fatty liver. What do you recommend for this condition?” First, let’s define non-alcoholic fatty liver. Fatty liver is a benign-sounding name for liver cirrhosis. The… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health
Harmful Effects of HFCS: The Not-So-Sweet Truth

Harmful Effects of HFCS: The Not-So-Sweet Truth

HFCS or high fructose corn syrup is now a natural sweetener, or so corn manufacturers claim. There is a raging debate currently going on in the media about the benefits, or as some would put it, the absence of harmful… 0 Shares | | Posted in Chemicals, Child Care, Environment, Fitness, Fitness Nutrition, Food, Food, Health, Health, Holistic Medicine, Home, Lifestyle, Medicine, News, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Personal Care
The Heart Attack, High Blood Pressure, Salt Consumption Dogma is Bogus

The Heart Attack, High Blood Pressure, Salt Consumption Dogma is Bogus

It seems the questionable causal culprit for high blood pressure (HBP) or hypertension, sodium chloride or table salt, is being slowly replaced. The new villain that needs to be curbed for lowering high blood pressure is high fructose corn syrup… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Nutrition
Your Weekly Food-Like-Product – Dr. Pepper Update

Your Weekly Food-Like-Product – Dr. Pepper Update

The previous post I did, “Your Weekly Food-Like-Product“, actually was Diet Dr. Pepper. I appreciate those who pointed it out in the comment boxes. Which is why in my research I try to cross check everything numerous times, even for… 0 Shares | | Posted in Chemicals, Food, Health, Lifestyle, Nutrition
Michigan woman finds white “worm” in son’s Capri Sun drink pouch

Michigan woman finds white “worm” in son’s Capri Sun drink pouch

And now for a moment of … ew. A Michigan woman has found what appears to be a wiggling white worm in her son’s Capri Sun drink pouch. Before giving her child one of the drink pouches made by Kraft… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health
5 Steps to Losing Weight — Without Counting Calories

5 Steps to Losing Weight — Without Counting Calories

Losing weight is a lot more complex than simply calories in and calories out. For starters, not all calories are created equal. Having lost more than 100lbs myself — after the age of 40 and perimenopausal, I might add —… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Food, Health, Health, Lifestyle, Nutrition, Weight Loss
Your Daily Additives

Your Daily Additives

I have to ask: “Mercury, arsenic, cadmium, lead, ash, sulfur dioxide. Would you give your child this cocktail of chemicals for breakfast and say, “It’s o.k. just not too much.” Because according to the regulations of the FDA these are… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Health, Nutrition