Alcohol Awareness In Practice

April is Alcohol Awareness Month. which means it’s a good time to simply reflect on our habits, our choices, have honest conversations with ourselves and others we care about, and think about how to approach our alcohol use so that we can explore healthy choices. Whether we believe it or not, alcohol is a drug.…

Stevia plant and spoon of stevia extract.

Managing Our Sweet Tooth

Has anyone ever told you that you have a sweet tooth? Most of us know that we should limit our sugar intake, but we may not know truly know how to do it. We know inside what’s best, but we might keep reaching for that sugary soda or that piece of chocolate cake anyway. Then,…

Sugar Addiction

  Here’s the not-so-sweet truth. We are killings ourselves by consuming truckloads of hidden sugar. Despite 40 years of Americans being brainwashed into thinking that fat is bad, it turns out it’s sugar, not fat, that makes you sick and overweight.   And here’s another shocking fact: Sugar is eight times as addictive as cocaine.…