Diet Pepsi With Aspartame Isn't Going Away Completely
Aspartame lovers can stop hoarding Diet Pepsi now. In April, PepsiCo announced that it was removing aspartame from Diet Pepsi in response to growing consumer concern about the artificial sweetener's possible adverse health effects, and replacing it with sucralose. On Thursday,the Wall Street Journal reported the drink company's CEO, Indra Nooyi, announced that the recipe change would take effect in late August of this year -- but also that Diet Pepsi containing aspartame will still be available for sale online after that time. There's no doubt that many, even most, consumers are dubious about asp...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - July 10, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Is it too good to be true? Superfood-charged ice cream with fewer calories than a large APPLE unveiled
Described as a ‘guilt-free luxury ice cream’, the sugar and cream in Oppo is replaced with stevia leaf, the natural zero-calories sweetener, and virgin coconut oil, so you keep the taste. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 8, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Is it too good to be true? Superfood-charged ice cream with the same amount of calories as an APPLE unveiled
Described as a ‘guilt-free luxury ice cream’, the sugar and cream in Oppo is replaced with stevia leaf, the natural zero-calories sweetener, and virgin coconut oil, so you keep the taste. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 5, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Fantastic, Delicious, Super Low-Carb Muffin, Bread and Biscotti
For the past seven years I've traveled the country speaking to hundreds of people with diabetes. What does everyone want to know: "What can I eat?!"
The cry rises midway through a presentation followed by, "I know I should cut my carbs but I can't give up______(fill in the blank with anything crumbly and delicious)."
Being a recovering muffin- and scone-aholic myself, who has long gone without for better blood sugar management, I am hooked once again. But this time it's a nutritious, soul-satisfying low carb muffin that has found its way into my heart and onto my plate. And this muffin comes with "mojo." You make it in ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 21, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bethenny Frankel Says Men Don't Know That We're Crazy And Avocados Make Us Glow
You can start watching The Real Housewives of New York again (which premieres tonight on Bravo), because Bethenny is back. Seriously, if anyone can bring true realism to a ‘reality tv show’ (not that we’ve ever watched Real Housewives, The Bachelor, or reality shows in general of course…) it’s Bethenny Frankel.
She’s also keeping it real with her new book out today -- I Suck At Relationships So You Don’t Have To -- whose title speaks for itself. Like the episode The Opposite on Seinfeld, Bethenny – like George Costanza – aims to have you do the exact opposite of everything she’s ever done in dating. Fr...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 12, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
9 Hidden Sources Of Sugar In Your Diet
SPECIAL FROM Grandparents.com
Sugar is not your friend. The average American eats between 150 and 170 pounds of refined sugars a year, according to the The United States Department of Agriculture. That's over 5,000 tablespoons, or...the weight of an average person.
"Refined, or processed sugar, is stripped of all of its natural nutrients, leaving you with empty calories that make it easy to pack on extra weight," says nutrition and fitness expert Dr. Pamela Peeke, author of The New York Times Bestseller "The Hunger Fix." "When the weight is deposited deep in our bellies, a common occurrence after the age of 50, you incre...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 12, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
4 Steps to Detoxify Your Kitchen
Your body is not the only thing that needs a good detox once in a while. When I mention detoxification, you probably think about something your body does to lose weight, support your liver, and generally feel and look better. Strange as it sounds, your kitchen could also use a good detox!
Most likely, the food industry holds your kitchen hostage. No doubt your cupboards and pantry are filled with ultra-processed fare. Detoxifying your kitchen allows you to escape these shackles and transform your kitchen to a place of wellness. A healthy kitchen provides the foundation for a healthy you.
If you make your kitchen a safe...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 2, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pumpkin: More Than Just Pie
We carve faces in them and love the pies, but pumpkin, it turns out, is actually a very nutritious gourd with so many great beneficial components that can make it a great side dish to many meals, much like sweet potatoes, only without a blood sugar spike. It's in the same plant family as squash, cucumber and melons, very similar to butternut squash, yet it's mostly forgotten and left out of our diet. Its bright orange color denotes a rich content of carotenoids, the precursors to vitamin A. Nurses Health Studies indicate that a diet high in carotenoids can decrease the risk of cataracts and cancer.
Pumpkin is chock full...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 13, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sweetener Swap and Sugar Rules: Can We De-Sugar Our Holidays?
It is our sweetest season and most exciting time of the year. Halloween ushers in the parties, treats, desserts and of course sugar. We all enjoy the festivities of the season, but watching and counting the sugar grams prevents excess holiday pounds and helps fight off winter colds. Knowing our new-found fear of sugar, many sugar substitutes and "natural" sugars are crowding the market place leaving us all a bit confused. Before you swap your sweeteners, here is what you need to know this holiday season.
Rule 1: Create a sugar budget
As the holidays approach, plan a sugar "budget" for yourself or your kids. Try to s...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 3, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Has sugar lost its sweet spot? Paraguayan plant upends market
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The maker of America's top sugar brand Domino Sugar is launching its first no-calorie "natural" sweetener extracted from the stevia plant in Paraguay, the strongest sign yet that the upstart product is threatening to eat into raw-sugar demand. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 20, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Sugar: Zero calories - and totally natural. But is the 'miracle' new sugar substitute too good to be true?
You may well already have had some. Look on the label of a can of Sprite and you’ll notice stevia in the ingredients — that’s why it’s now 30 per cent lower in sugar. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 18, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What To Eat Now: alternatives to sugar
What with sugar being public enemy number one, Ian Marber gives us some healthier alternatives to satisfying that sweet tooth (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - March 17, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: sugar alternatives sweeteners glucose stevia the food doctor fructose calories Source Type: news
Will Stevia Get A 'Breaking Bad' Bounce?
**Spoiler alert**
If you're like me and among one of the 8 million-plus who watched the final episode of AMC's Breaking Bad last evening, you learned that Lydia Rodarte-Quayle's predictability for café meetings and chamomile tea with stevia led to her demise. Walter White took advantage of her detailed attention to schedule to replace the single packet of stevia on her table with his long ago-isolated ricin, a potent toxin from Castor beans. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - September 30, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: David Kroll Source Type: news
Stevia: First natural sugar substitute 'could help fight obesity and diabetes'
Stevia (pictured) is 300 times sweeter than traditional beet or cane sugar but has no calories and is being trumpeted as a major weapon in tackling obesity. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 5, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
