Sugar,  How do thy damage my health? Let me count the ways… I gave a free sugar blues teleclass on Monday night, and on it I mentioned several ways that sugar can hurt your body and your health. From an article that I found on Mercola.com, here’s an excerpt of just 15 ways out of [...]

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When you want to change a habit (for example kicking sugar), one of the most important things you need to change is the way you think. Your beliefs are what drive your actions on a daily basis. Your beliefs influence the words you say, the things you tell yourself regularly, the self talk that you [...]

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The recession may be shrinking wallets, but for some it’s expanding waistlines. A couple of months ago, the NY Times reported that candy sales were up – not fancy candies, but corner store and nostalgic varieties.  And a recent survey by Career builder showed that people were snacking more due to worries about the recession. [...]

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Apparently sugar is back in style. This New York Times article reports that many food manufacturers are swapping high fructose corn syrup for cane sugar. I love the quote in this article about sugar being something “natural” and that it’s in fruit. What’s scary about this is that people may actually believe that sugar is [...]

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Around this time of year, many of us fall prey to the sugar pushers. If we’re eating sugary treats every day, we may not even realize that our mood swings are due to this change in diet. And if it becomes a habit, we may start thinking that the sugar is making us happy. In [...]

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