Wouldn’t it be great if we all had an endless supply of willpower? No amount of temptation or distraction could throw us off course. Making

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Sugar has been touted by the public and mainstream media as the fat-storing devil. In our efforts to lose weight, many of us attempt to

It always bothered me, that despite being meticulous about how I care for my teeth, I always got cavities anyway. It’s a common scenario. We

I don’t know about you, but lately I’ve noticed a worrisome trend among “health food” bloggers, “paleo” Facebook pages, and other websites and sources of

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The following is a guest post from Sarah Bolandi of Bumfuzzled Jane: While created in the late 1800s, artificial sweeteners seem to have overtaken food