You’ve probably seen it talked about on health-food blogs or heard about it from a friend of a friend, but maybe you haven’t given much thought to this oddly-named beverage. Matcha tea – is it everything people say it is? What Exactly is Matcha? Matcha is powdered green tea, so it’s generally sold in a canister, not in little tea…
There has been and continues to be a very large debate in our country about the amount of sugar we should be eating each day, and which is the healthiest. While we know the dangers of regular table sugar, namely obesity, tooth decay, diabetes and heart disease, we don’t necessarily recognize all of the dangers of artificial sweeteners. We don’t…
The amount of sugar in the typical person’s diet over the past few decades has grown exponentially. In fact, the average American consumes 140 pounds of processed sugar annually. That adds up to 22 teaspoons per day for adults and 34 teaspoons per day for teenage boys! Also, consider that the average American eats 133 pounds of processed white flour,…