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Study: Soda Linked to Increased Risk of Prostate and Pancreatic Cancers

A 15-year Swedish study performed at Lund University has found that drinking just one soda per day could entail a 40 percent higher risk of men developing aggressive prostate cancer. Continue reading


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40 Names for Sugar and 10 Reasons Why it is Important to Know

Sugar, many feel, should be renamed the white devil. It is a highly addictive substance that lurks in more foods than we can ever imagine. Sugar, a highly refined substance has a toxic effect on the human body that is culmulative. Continue reading


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Has Splenda Been Secretly Causing Diabetes?

There is definitely no synthetic replacement for sugar that is not dangerous. This, of course, is not what the big companies want you to think. However, for many years now, the evidence has been mounting up against artificial sweeteners. Continue reading


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5 Things That Quickly Make Us Old

While aging is inevitable, aging gracefully is the result of a focused effort to keep harmful substances out of our bodies, and to put great ones in. Continue reading


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Soda vs. Diet Soda: Is there a Lesser Evil?

Most people know that soda is detrimental to health. Sadly, that does not always stop them from drinking it, often in massive quantities. In fact, statistics show that the average American drinks a staggering 58 gallons of soda per year! This is especially scary as studies show that even moderate amounts of soda are extremely unhealthy. Continue reading


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Juice Bars: Why Making Your Own Juice at Home is Better

Juice bars are America’s new health craze.  There are now multiple competing locations in malls and busy street-sides across the country, all promising a nutritious and refreshing pick-me-up.   Continue reading


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5 Worst Boxed Cereals: Don’t Start Your Day With These

It has become a relatively well-known fact that boxed cereal is not the healthiest way to start your morning, to say the least. The preservatives, artificial colors, flavors and gluten content included in most brands leave them lacking the nutritional punch and energy boost that they advertise. Continue reading


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Just One Soda Per Day Spikes Diabetes Risk

A new study from Imperial College in London has shed light on some very disturbing soda statistics: drinking just ONE per day increases the odds of developing type 2 diabetes by 22 percent. The risk increases by another 22 percent for each 12-ounce sweetened soft drink consumed. Continue reading


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5 Ways to Break the Sugar “Fix”

Do you finish a meal and find yourself searching for a sweet treat to top it off? Is it hard for you to pass the bakery or the coffee shop on the way to work? Continue reading


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What Are They Doing To Your Healthy Dark Chocolate?

Organic dark chocolate (made of 72% cacao or more) is up on the list with berries, kale, bee pollen, flaxseed and other so-called “superfoods”. And for good reason, dark chocolate is healthy. Continue reading


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