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  • Life Changer: Sugar’s Bitter Truth Video and More

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    Last post showed how to make killer flavorful fresh lemonade using either the traditional amount of sugar, 2 tablespoons of sugar with 2 ounces of lemon juice, or with less sugar using a mixture of 2 teaspoons sugar and 1/3 teaspoon stevia (plant derived sweetener) for that same 2 ounces of freshly squeezed lemon juice.…

  • Sugar Is NOT Just Sugar

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    Until about a month ago, I believed all sugars were about the same. Wrong. Briefly, as shown in the diagram below,… …sucrose – white table sugar – is made of one part glucose (the energy of life) and one part fructose (what I now regard as “feast or famine” energy). Bottom line: glucose and fructose…

  • What I’ve Learned From 1 Week of Coffee Without Sugar

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    Earlier this week I wrote that I was going to try a full 7 days of coffee without sugar in an effort to be more personally aware of how much sugar I take in day to day. Yesterday was day 8. I started out trying coffee again with no sugar and didn’t like it at all.

  • Coffee Without Sugar – Why and Ugh So Far

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    Whoa, there have been times in my life I sucked down way more sugar than I needed and sure paid a heavy – well over 200 pound – price for it. Not too long ago, even though my weight has remained stable in the mid-160’s for decades, I was still dumping almost 2 tablespoons of…