CarbSmart Podcast Episode 31: Have you been at war with your metabolism all your life, or were you slim as kid only to gain weight with middle age and a desk job? Has losing gone smoothly for you? Or are you stuck at a greater weight and size than you'd like?
Read More »What Should You Do With Easter Candy? by Dana Carpender
Why is it that the holiest festivals of Christianity have become culture-wide sugar-fests? I know for a fact that millions of people who never darken a church doorstep from year's end to year's end still pig out on Christmas cookies and candy canes. I'm betting that a whole lot of those folks are also snarfing down chocolate eggs, creme-filled eggs, jelly beans, and Peeps. Look! It's a Church Festival and a junk food marketing opportunity! (Not to mention all the obvious pagan symbolism involved, but that's a chat for a different blog.)
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