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“How can I stop drinking coke!?!” HELP!

Making healthier choices can be hard sometimes.

I think the best way to have long term success with any lifestyle change is to find ways to enjoy things you love without it completely derailing your progress!

So when someone tells me “I know I need to cut down on Coke or Diet Coke – but I just really want that taste and experience!”

I like to be able to offer some options that are WAY healthier and better for you over all.

Maybe you’ve heard that drinking “Diet Soda” is better for you, but what we are learning about artificial sweeteners made me even more motivated to find a healthy alternative WITHOUT the use of artificial sweeteners. read more

Dangers of Artificial Sweeteners

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Dangers of Artificial Sweeteners

Sugar is everywhere. We know we get too much of it. Can we break the sugar habit?

We as Americans have a sugar tooth. It seems like we can’t enjoy anything unless it is covered in sugar or artificially sweetened. It would probably the best for us if we can completely eliminate the desire for something sweet except from fruit sources. However, all of us enjoy a sweet treat every now and then.

We were told to kick the sugar habit by switching to artificial sugars. No calories = no weight gain…. It seemed like the perfect solution to us since processed white sugar was so terrible. We all switched, but we were still gaining weight. What in the world? read more