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With all kinds of information and misinformation out there, I went on the hunt for facts on artificial sweeteners. These sweeteners are tasting more and more like sugar, but are they good for me?
I have a friend who is allergic to most artificial sweeteners, and another friend whose daughter experienced seizures as a side effect of consuming an artificial sweetener on a regular basis in her beverages. By the time the girl was three, she wore a helmet to protect her head because of the regularity and severity of her seizures. It took some time to figure out that the artificial sweetener was the culprit. With that in mind, and my desire to lose weight, I went on the search for facts on artificial sweeteners and have come up with more questions. For one, are some artificial sweeteners safer than others?

This week I’ll delve into the different types of artificial sweeteners and even take a look to see if they can actually contribute to weight gain. That’s what I heard. Can you imagine! We’ll also take a look at dangers and side effects and how the results of earlier studies on saccharin have been overturned. The new studies claim that it is safe for us…in fact out of the five FDA approved non-nutritive sweeteners saccharin is often picked as the safest! And what about new sweeteners like Truvia?

With so many questions rattling around my brain, I figured there might be a slew of others out there wondering the same things. I’d love to hear what you all think. If you have any facts on artificial sweeteners that you’d like to share, please take a moment a leave a comment.
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Why is it that for some reason, when people advise you to ‘eat healthy’ that normally means that you’re going to have to end up eating bland and tasteless food that really doesn’t satisfy you at all?

Honestly, the above can describe so many ‘healthy’ diets that are out there, but the truth is that while they may be nutritious and even low on calories, they end up making eating a chore, and often the tasteless nature of these diets put people off more than anything else.

And the truth is that healthy eating doesn’t have to be about eating bland or tasteless food at all. What you really need is to ensure that you’re obtaining all the nutrients that your body needs, but apart from that you can really eat a whole variety of tasty foods.

Here’s a selection of tasty and yet nutritious foods that you can choose from:

1.    Raw Nuts

Some people view nuts as being bad for your health, but they really aren’t, provided you eat the right type of nuts, i.e. the raw kind, that haven’t had tons of salt or sugar added to them.

Honestly, nuts are a great way of satiating your appetite, while at the same time obtaining some pretty vital nutrients that can help you to maintain a low calorie yet nutritious diet.

2.    Fruits

Without a doubt, fruits should be a fixture of any type of diet, mostly because they’re immensely low on calories, and tremendously high on fiber and other nutrients. On top of that there are some great and tasty fruit out there, so be sure to explore them.

One type of fruit in particular stands out, and these are any form of berries. Unlike some other fruit that have high sugar contents, berries actually have a higher carbohydrate to sugar ratio and therefore are a great source of energy too!

3.    Eggs

As is well known, eggs are a valuable source of protein, and although you may have heard that egg yolk is bad for you – don’t remove it.

Truth is, egg yolk isn’t bad for you at all, and in fact it is the place where most of the egg’s nutrients are contained. More importantly, whole eggs will fill you up faster than most other food types, and so they’re very valuable for appetite control.

Sure, none of the above foods will ‘burn fat’ directly – but let’s face it, there’s no such thing as foods that directly burn fats. What these foods will do however is help you to burn fat by ensuring that you get enough nutrients while minimizing your calorie intake at the same time.

This means that your body will work through its energy stores eventually (i.e. fat). Of course, giving the process a helping hand by exercising can’t hurt either!

Try out these three types of food and you’ll quickly find that your weight starts to drop towards the goal that you so yearn for!

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