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Review: Jennie’s Coconut Macaroons by Amy Dungan

If you like coconut, you probably have a soft spot for coconut macaroons. If you are also living the low-carb lifestyle, you probably miss coconut macaroons as well. I wasn't so much a coconutty kind of person before starting a low-carb diet, so macaroons weren't something I ate often, if at all. In fact, I can't remember the last time I had the full-sugar version. I'm telling you this so you'll know that I can't really compare this product to it's high-carb counterpart, since I can't recall what they were like. What I can do is tell you what I think of Jennie's Coconut Macaroons.

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What Motivates Organizations to Say Sugar is OK & Fat is Bad?

First of all, there are no monolithic Powers That Be. There are a whole lot of different Powers That Be, and they all make up their minds separately, in their own time, and they all have their own motives. There are, for instance, medical schools, a whole lot of medical schools, and a great deal of the funding for those medical schools comes from the pharmaceutical industry, as does a lot of the money for medical research. That's a clear danger, but the alternative, at least as far as I can tell, is to fund medical schools and medical research with tax money. For good or ill, a large faction of Americans is very much against that.

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Review: New Hope Mills Pancake & Waffle Mix

Review of New Hope Mills Pancake & Waffle Mix by Amy Dungan. Pancakes were a breakfast staple at our house for many years. Who doesn't love a warm, fluffy pancake? They are especially great when dealing with kids, or large groups, since pancakes are simple to fix and relatively inexpensive. Add in all the different topping choices and you have what seems to be a perfect meal. The downside is pancakes are really high in carbohydrates, not to mention that nutritionally they deserve to sit in the corner with a dunce hat on. For the last several years we've mostly shunned pancakes. We quit inviting them to breakfast and refused to acknowledge them on menus in public. While my children have occasionally whispered that they missed pancakes, I reminded them that pancakes have never done us any favors. In fact, they've always been wolf in sheep's clothing, disguised as a healthy low-fat breakfast.

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Better Stevia Extract Packets by Now Foods

Better Stevia Extract Packets by Now Foods

Stevia is cultivated in over a dozen countries worldwide. It is a major export product and is widely used in countries such as China, Brazil, North and South Korea, Taiwan, Israel, Paraguay and Malaysia. Stevia has also been grown successfully in California, southern Ontario, Canada and even southern England. Although there are several different species of Stevia, the most potent and effective seems to be Stevia rebaudiana, and this species is used in most dietary supplements on the market today.

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Belly Fat Cure Success with Amber

Amber Allen-Sauer is the author of the popular diet blog Me & Jorge. After years of struggling with her weight after the birth of her children, Jorge Cruise's Belly Fat Cure program made a difference in her life more profound then weight loss. It completely changed how she looked at and interacted with food. Since then she couldn't wait to spread the word of how going "low sugar" and eliminating artificial sweeteners can change your life.

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