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How stress, sugar, and an unhealthy microbiome can sabotage the holidays.With some planning and skilled execution, you can have a healthy and stress-free holiday!There are two things you can count on this time of year…a heaping load of stress and a heaping serving of sugar. The holidays are really good at winding us up and filling our tummies with all kinds of sweet desserts and treats. Stress and sugar team up at the holidays to give our microbi… Read more

Too much Sugar is Not Good for Your Health Take these simple steps to minimize it in your diet.Two hundred years ago, the average person living in the US consumed two pounds of sugar in a year. In 1970, that number increased to 123 pounds per year. Today, the average American eats almost 152 pounds of sugar in just one year. This is equivalent to 3 pounds (or 6 cups) of sugar in one week! ”… According to the American Heart Association (AHA),… Read more

Sugar…the sweet killer. It tastes so good so why is sugar so bad for our microbiome and our health?In our last blog, we talked about how added sugars can be found in so many foods in the grocery store. In fact, it had become such an issue that the FDA required food manufacturers to differentiate between sugars found naturally in a product and those sugars that are added to the product to enhance flavor. 1*“…In the US, added sugars account fo… Read more