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Study after study has shown it — eating breakfast will kick your metabolism off and keep it running the rest of the day. There are several reasons breakfast works.  For one thing, it wakes up your leptin hormone and sets it working for the day.  Leptin is the anti-hunger hormone. It tells your autopilot that…

It’s recipe day — and I have a really tasty, nutty, low glycemic side dish for you today.  This may be one of my new favorites! Nutty Carrot/Apple Salad Ingredients 2-3 medium carrots, chopped 1 apple, chopped and coated with lemon juice to prevent browning 1/4 cup walnuts (or more, to taste) Dressing Ingredients 2…

What’s for dinner?  Sometimes it’s a challenge to find recipes that are both good tasting and good for you.  Here is one way of adding zing to slow cooker chicken.  Chicken Taco Filling Ingredients  1 package dry taco seasoning mix 1 cup chicken broth 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breasts Directions Mix chicken broth and…

The desert lies bare and brown for years — and then when it rains, it suddenly blooms with color.  How do these plants stay alive and dormant during those dry years?  By means of the sugar we are looking at today — Trehalose.   Naturally occurring Trehalose protects the seeds so that when water does…
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