tag: sweets

Cheer Up with Chocolate (video)

Nibbling on a little chocolate could cheer you up in more ways than you thought. Watch this for a quick tip! Related Link: Healthy Dark Chocolate Truffles…

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Is Corn Syrup Natural? (video)

Curious as to how natural high fructose corn syrup is ? Watch this for a quick tip! Related Link: The Truth About Corn Syrup…

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7 Tricks to Tame Your Sweet Tooth

By Catherine Guthrie, Experience Life The average American now consumes some 22 teaspoons of sugar a day. And our sweet tooth isn't just making us fat -- it's triggering all kinds of inflammati…

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Lose Weight with Sugar?

Before you run to your local donut store, bakery, or pastry shop to chow down on sweets, keep reading. Most forms of sugars cause weight GAIN. But new research shows that a particular type of sug…

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Halloween Fun Facts and Healthy Tips

Here are a few Halloween fun facts from the National Confectioners Association: 93 percent of children go trick-or-treating every year. Each Halloween $2 billion is spent on candy. 30 perc…

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Classic Fall Sweets: Vegan Style

Sticky popcorn balls and gooey caramel apples: two classic treats that declare fall and Halloween are here. Typically, these delights are loaded with corn syrup, sugar, and/or butter. For a healthie…

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“Veganizing” Your Favorite Baked Goods

Anyone with access to a good health food store knows it's not difficult to find vegan baked goods. From brownies to cheesecakes, cupcakes to Twinkies (yes, it's true), it seems as though the movem…

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8 Energy-Sustaining Sweets

By Petra Heinze, Yoga+ Ever notice how your hand automatically reaches for something sweet when you are under pressure or feeling blue? Sugar hits the spot when a quick fix seems in order. But …

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