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What is Really in Juice Concentrate

What do you think of when you see that a company has put “juice concentrate” into your drink. You would be surprised. What they do is simply extract the sugar, and this means what you are drinking is a product from some oranges, or grapes, or whatever juice they say.

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Coke and Obesity- What the Body Does with The Calories

Coca-cola is joining in the fight against obesity. While the company has done some great things around the world, this fight is disingenuous at best. The marketing of free-fructose in large quantities is responsible for a great deal of the obesity epidemic in this, and other countries.

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Childhood Obesity: Legislating Healthy Food

Schools that limit access to junk foods have fewer children that are overweight or obese. Perhaps it is time to make this a policy for all schools – we do have an epidemic of obesity among our children, and the schools are the surrogate parents for the children.

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Craft Beer versus Common Domestic Beer

There is a difference between craft beers and domestic beers. The difference is how the body processes the beer. The craft beer that Evo consumes are not only tastier, but probably better for a person

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Evo Diet: Week 2

Evo continues to lose fat mass, not muscle mass or water– so far the EVO diet is a win win.

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Evo Diet: Week One

Will this “diet” of beer and sausage work? Yes, much like a thousand other diets, limit your calories, use just one food group or a couple, and you will be fine. Six pounds lost in week one!

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Sodas, Food Stamps, and Obesity

You can purchase soda with food stamps – which means, the government is paying for obesity – and when New York tried to get an exemption, they were denied.

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Fast Food and Chain Restaurants- Can’t Afford Them

Cooking at home is less expensive – less for food costs, less for calories, less for sodium.  Eating out at chain restaurants often have more calories than even fast food places

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Nuts Aren’t Protein – They’re Fat!

One of the most common bits of misinformation is that peanuts – and hence, peanut butter – is protein – or a healthy snack — or a complex carbohydrate. Book after book on my shelf lists peanuts as a great source of protein, and a “snack that is healthy for you.”

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