Welcome to Part 3 in Healthful Mama’s Sugar is Toxic Series! Just finding the series? First read Part 1 and Part 2. Resetting Your Body Because sugar causes addiction-like cravings, and because your body craves more and more of it to get a “fix,” the best way to eliminate sugar is to ELIMINATE SUGAR. Most […]
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Sugar is Toxic: Natural Sugar Alternatives (Part 2)
Welcome to Part 2 in Healthful Mama’s series on the toxic effects of sugar. To read Part 1, which outlines the current research being done on sugar’s effects in the body and how to spot sugar on a label CLICK HERE. Let’s Talk About Sugar Alternatives One step in eliminating the urge for sugar […]
Kashi & The Truth About GMOs
This photo taken at a supermarket called The Green Grocer in Porthsmouth, RI, has been circulating Facebook like wildfire: The yellow signs read: “You might be wondering where your favorite Kashi cereals have gone. It has recently come to our attention that 100% of the soy used in Kashi is Genetically Modified and that when […]
Black Bean Hummus
This recipe ROCKS. Please excuse the shitty photo. It’s the best I could get of the grey dip on our recent roadtrip. This hummus works well when using edamame in place of the black beans (and looks prettier, too!). I’ll update soon! [pinit] Easy prep and simple ingredients make this dip a winner
Zing! An Alternative to Common Caffeine
I had always liked coffee. But when I became a teacher I SWORE that I’d never be the teacher with the stale coffee breath (how many of us had one of those?) and I had never been a morning coffee addict, anyway. But with teaching came late nights of grading papers and early mornings full […]
Roasted Veggie Salad
I fell in love with roasted veggies paired with tangy goat cheese in my first job as a restaurant server. The restaurant’s lunch menu featured a sandwich of roasted vegetables and goat cheese over field greens and served on a fresh roll. The combination is classic and makes for a wonderful weekend meal. Roast the […]