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Can Honey Prevent Obesity?

When you think honey do you of sweet treats like honey buns? Honey is a natural sweetener used for baking, in teas, and a variety of fun candy and treats. My daughter loves to eat honey candy and even suck the honey out of those honey sticks. You can get honey sticks in a variety of flavors. Lately we hear about the amazing health benefits of honey that make that sweetener just a bit sweeter. However, would it surprise you to know that the consumption of honey can aid in weight loss? When I came across that information my mind … Continue reading →

Sugar for Breakfast? Part 2

Let’s talk about how much sugar you or your child can consume during breakfast. I am not a breakfast eater. I would just assume give my kids cereal, a Pop Tart or muffin and have a cup of coffee for me and be done with it. After taking a second look into what I was modeling to my kids and how eating this type of breakfast could promote an unhealthy lifestyle and obesity I decided to give breakfast the respect it deserves. Below is a brief list of some popular cereals and breakfast food and some nutritional information that may … Continue reading →

Health Benefits and Claims of Tea

The potential health benefits of tea have been circulating for quite some time. While there has been no conclusive evidence there is enough reason to take a second look at how drinking tea may benefit your health. Tea is the most consumed liquid aside from water in the world. So if even a small fraction of those people are experiencing health benefits that could affect a large number. Or, it could simply mean that tea is a coincidental factor in the diet of the masses. For real answers, we need to look to scientific research. While the research is not … Continue reading →

Raise a Mug of Coffee to Your Health

As a coffee lover, I looked for excuses to drink it. However, I never thought that health benefits would become one of those excuses. I have long thought of coffee as a guilty pleasure or that one last thing to give up to attain good health. How could I give up my wake up coffee or my coffee drink to get me through grocery shipping? With so many delicious options from hazelnut to mocha to vanilla lattes, the temptation was far too great! I knew that coffee with be with me forever despite any harm that could come of it. … Continue reading →