Articles tagged with Sugar
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How Many Calories Should I Consume Daily?
Are you trying to gain size, gain muscle or reduce body weight? Depending on your primary goal, the amount of calories you consume daily should change. How many calories should I consume daily? Two of the main reasons for many people to become overweight are, eating too many calories and lack of daily exercise or [...]
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Kid-tested pumpkin muffins
Every year about this time I have a small panic attack. When I realized that another summer has passed and that fall is just about to kick off, I start obsessing about all of the "summery" things that I still haven't done. Instead of driving myself nuts as usual, I decided to fully embrace the [...]
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How Many Calories in a Cup of Tea
Most of us like tea and always enjoy a cup of good tea. Let’s find answers to the following question asked by one of our website visitors.. How many calories in a cup of tea? This is a tricky question to answer. I had to ask several people I know and read some online [...]
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6 Quick breakfast ideas
Morning is always such a busy time in our house and yours too, I imagine. While I'd love to lounge in my PJs, drinking tea and eating tofu scramble with roasted potatoes, the reality is that I don't have that kind of time! Here are six quick breakfast ideas to help you get your day started [...]
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What kind of oats should you eat?
Are you confused about which kind of oatmeal or oats to buy? It might surprise you to learn that a faster cooking time doesn't necessarily mean a healthier choice. I encourage you to avoid "quick oats" that contain added sugar and/or salt. Otherwise, choose the oats that you enjoy the most based on texture and cooking [...]
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Blackberry orange muffins (vegan)
You may have already figured out that I have a bit of a love affair with muffins after my gushing over my "Best banana muffins in the history of all banana muffins". I will admit, though, that I'm a muffin snob- it has to be low fat, vegan, lower in sugar, contain a bit of [...]
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A good excuse to eat (healthy) cookies!
I completed my third (second this year) sprint distance triathlon (.5 mile swim/16 mile bike/5k run) on Saturday morning. I didn't break any records, but I finished and didn't pass out or throw up. Considering the unrelenting sun and hilly trail during the run portion of the race, I consider all of those to be [...]
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5 Simple Rules for Eating Sugar
Few topics boggle dieters and fitness enthusiasts the way sugar does. Is this simple carbohydrate the key to unlocking elite sports performance? Or is it the chains that drag our country deeper into the obesity epidemic? Annoyingly, the answer is both. But before you throw your hands up in frustration, [...]
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The key is in the tea
This is the story of how I lost a lot of weight this April without forcibly changing a single item in my fridge or ever putting my trainers on. From an ancient tradition to an hourly addiction (in my case), tea is a life necessity. One gentleman stated that he would occasionally consider business deals depending [...]
