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Chris Telden profile image81

List of Foods Not to Eat With Diabetes: High-Glycemic and Other Foods to Avoid if You're Type 2

For diabetics with Type 2, adult-onset diabetes, the word out is that sugar is outlawed. That's not quite the case. When you're diabetic, it's not a simple matter of you can eat X and you can't eat Y. ...

3 comments    diabetic diets high glycemic
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Fast Food - Shocking Facts

With our busy lives, we all love the convenience of fast food or our chain restaurants. However, it might shock you to realize the calories, fats and sodium in some of our favorite choices. American people...

6 comments    food diet nutrition
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Olive Oil vs. Canola Oil: Fat Profiles

I'm the first to admit that I swear by olive oil. It's pretty much the only oil that I cook with and I've tried all different kinds of olive oil to find what I like. But I'm also the first to admit that...

24 comments    health food diet
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Butter or Margarine: Which is Healthier?

The question of whether it is healthier to eat butter or margarine is a confusing one. One day research comes out proving that butter is a healthier choice, the next day another set of research proves that...

3 comments    nutrition hubchallenge butter
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High Cholesterol Foods: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

For decades we’ve been told to avoid fatty foods, and stay away from high cholesterol foods at all costs. We diligently said no to the cholesterol laden foods like shrimp, eggs and butter. We weren’t...

4 comments    hub challenge high cholesterol
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Butter and Margarine Facts

Benefits: Add flavor to many foods. Improve flavor, moistness, and texture of baked goods. Good sources of vitamin A and D. Margarine made with polyunsaturated oils has essential fatty acids. ...

3 comments    health tips calories
Angie North profile image77

Hydrogenated oil is gross.

Over a year ago, New York City made headlines when it passed a bill banning trans fats from its restaurants. While the restaurants have until July of 2008 to comply, the passing of this bill was highly...

6 comments    health fat trans fats
susanzheng profile image81

How to increase your good cholesterol

Cholesterol is lipid present only in animal tissues such as meat, egg yolk, and dairy products. It can exist in free form or can be esterified with a fatty acid. Cholesterol per se is not good or bad. The so...

5 comments    ldl cholesterol hdl cholesterol
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FeelSexy

The key to feeling sexier is within yourself. It can't come from men or women telling you, it comes from you, alone. If you don't feel sexy inside, then how can you look sexy on the outside? That is the #1...

4 comments    sexy romance emotions
Midasfx profile image59

The best trans-fat for your body.

Fact: There is a type of healthy natural trans fat that actually helps you to burn off fat and get better looking abs. . Sounds far out, but it's true. First off,  I'm sure you've heard a million times...

0 comments    health advice how to
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