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Is Bitter Better?

When I heard the Dave Sandoval, co-owner of Purium and author of The Green Food Bible, speak about “bitters,” I said to myself, “Ah ha – maybe this is part of why my food addictions stopped so easily.” I was … Continue reading

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Where Do Food Addictions Come From?

It is my understanding that addictions come from sugar, salt, and fat that has been added to our food. As Dr. Luca Moretti stated at a conference I attended in Tampa, if we were eating natural food, we enjoy sweetness, … Continue reading

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Is Your Food Addictive?

I am learning from more and more sources about how salt, fat, and sugar in our foods claims to lead to addictions. It is beginning to make sense. The movie, Food, Inc., claims that 1/3 of people born in America … Continue reading

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Your Preference: GIGO with your Pantry Choice?

What did we feed our families today?  Did we give our kids caffeine? What nutrition did that provide to them? Did we give them sugar water that could promote tooth decay (maybe without really even seeing the connection)? Did we … Continue reading

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How Much of Our Diet is Plant-Based?

Veducated shared that 40% of the Standard American Diet (SAD) comes from animal products, 50% of our calories come from processed foods like pasta, sugar, salad oil, soft drinks, pretzels, chips, and cold cereals, and 9% comes from white potatoes … Continue reading

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How are DHEA, Cortisol, and Stress Related to Hormone Balance?

According to the movie, Venus on Fire: Mars on Ice – Hormonal Balance – the Key of Life, Love and Energy, Dr. John Gray, PhD, shares that DHEA makes all hormones, from the adrenals, but when under stress, cortisol, not … Continue reading

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