Monthly Archives: February 2011

Weight Management, Lifestyle Issues and Agave Nectar

Agave Nectar/Syrup Trying to lose weight by eating healthier?  Think you are eating healthier?  Is Agave part of your healthy food?

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Weight Management, Lifestyle Issues and High Fructose Corn Syrup

High Fructose Corn Syrup! …..a sweetener being used to sweeten our food instead of sugar.  It is replacing sugar in many instances. It is not like the corn syrup that is found on the grocery shelf. Nor is it like … Continue reading

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Weight Management, Lifestyle Issues and Saccharin

Saccharin! It was the first widely available chemical sweetener.  You may recognize it in restaurants in the pink packets or as  “Sweet’N Low”.  Other names are: Sweet and Low, Sweet Twin, and Necta Sweet.  And look at what it is … Continue reading

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Weight Management, Lifestyle Issues and Splenda

Splenda! Are you using Splenda? Has it helped you in losing any weight? Has your health improved by using it? If not, maybe this article with give you some insight into why not or what could be causing you some … Continue reading

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Weight Management, Lifestyle Issues and Aspartame

Aspartame! You may also know it as NutraSweet, Equal, or a number of other names. Share with me other names that you have heard. Did you know that Aspartame which was discovered in 1965 by James Schlatter, a chemist who … Continue reading

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