Raw, Cooked, or Juiced - Does it Matter?

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When it comes to counting calories, I always tell people to consider fruits and vegetables free food. Don’t even bother counting their calories. People don’t realize that the calorie values for the foods we eat were determined decades ago by setting food on fire and measuring the amount of heat energy released. Since we don’t incinerate food in our stomachs, these calorie numbers are often completely meaningless.

However, the ways that you prepare your fruits and vegetables can effect the amounts of calories and nutrients that you do absorb. Find out the differences and the best ways to get your fruits and vegetables.

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Fun Little Tricks

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Through the course of my research, I tend to stumble across all kinds of interesting little facts that, while not appropriate for a full article on their own, are still pretty fascinating so I put them together here. Learn how to:

  1. Stop a sneeze that’s coming on
  2. Counter brain freeze quickly
  3. End or prevent a side stitch
  4. Trick your taste buds so things taste sweeter
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Why I quit non-caloric artificial sweeteners

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A somewhat controversial study was published last week which claimed that non-caloric artificial sweeteners like saccharin, sucralose, and aspartame may cause glucose intolerance by changing the composition of the beneficial microbes in the digestive system. While there were some issues with the study, their findings convinced me to stop recommending them to clients or using them myself.

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