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Smart Snacking Ideas

Smart Snacking Ideas

When you think of snacking, do thoughts of potato chips and ice cream come to mind?  Or do you automatically reach for a piece of fresh fruit? Snacking is an easy and satisfying way to help control your portions and helps you to avoid overeating or binge eating.  Here are a few of my favorite snacking [...]

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Help Save the Honey Bees

Help Save the Honey Bees

Have you ever stopped to think where all of those delicious apples or pumpkins that end up on your dinner table come from?  Well, if not, let’s start now. The thought of bees usually brings on feelings of panic or pain.  We tend to run the other way when we see one coming at us [...]

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Raw Food Rainbow Wraps

Raw Food Rainbow Wraps

Eating brightly colored veggies like carrots, cucumbers, spinach, celery, beets and peppers is a great way to get lots of vitamins, minerals and enzymes your body needs to function at its optimal level.  We know that by cooking foods, we destroy nutrition and enzymes and change the chemical structure of foods, which can produce free radicals.  [...]

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The Amazing Benefits of Wheatgrass

The Amazing Benefits of Wheatgrass

Wheatgrass is said to have some unique and, in some cases, curative benefits.  Rich with vital amino acids, chlorophyll, enzymes, minerals and vitamins, this young grass is most effective when freshly juiced.   Wheatgrass is best used in its most natural state; and because of this, many people try their luck at growing their own [...]

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Make Your Own 100 Calorie Snacks

Make Your Own 100 Calorie Snacks

You don’t need to spend a lot of money to have good for you snacks. And while that 100 calorie pack of cookies helps you keep track of how much you eat, do you really need all the white flour and sugar? All that packaging is not environmentally friendly, plus you’re paying a premium for [...]

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