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Advantages of Growing Your Own Yacon

Cha Gatchula — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 12:48:58 +0000

There are many advantages to growing your own yacon tubers. First, of course, you can enjoy eating the fresh tubers which are a delightful way to diversify your diet. They are a food that comes presweetened and have an amazing texture. Most people fall in love with fresh yacon from the first juicy crispy bite […]

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Common Misconception That Can Greatly Affect Your Health

Cha Gatchula — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 12:42:01 +0000

You should get in a habit of reading the ingredient label of every product you buy. This is where you will find the hidden sugars, even if the front of the package does not talk about anything sweet! Of course, you should look for any word that ends in -ose as this is some form […]

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Pectin and Oligosaccharides – Complex Carbs that You Should Know

Cha Gatchula — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 09:53:41 +0000

While starch is the most abundant complex carb most people eat, we also eat other complex carbs. Just like starch, our body has to break these down into simple sugars so we can use them for energy or store them for later use – either as glycogen or fat. Pectin is the second major complex […]

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There Is a “New” Taste Receptor in Town – for Starch!

Cha Gatchula — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 08:06:07 +0000

For a long time, scientists knew and reported about five taste receptors on the human tongue (well, umami was also a fairly recent discovery): Sweet (simple sugars, sweeteners, sweet amino acids) Salt Sour (acids) Bitter Umami, also known as Savory (amino acids and L-glutamate from meat, mushrooms, etc.) These taste receptors are not only for […]

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What Is Starch, Glycogen, Cellulose, and Chitin

Cha Gatchula — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 11:50:37 +0000

Starch, glycogen, cellulose, and chitin are four of the most common substances in nature… and guess what? They are all composed of thousands of glucose molecules bonded together with glycosidic bonds! In other words, they are all polysaccharides (complex carbs) that just use glucose over and over. Think back to kindergarden when you and the […]

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What’s a Carb — Really?

Cha Gatchula — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 05:31:06 +0000

A “carb” is short for carbohydrate. If you take a look at the two parts of that word, you’ll get a big hint as to how complex carbs are broken down by the body and how complex carbs are built in the first place! The term “carbo” refers to carbon, one of the most basic […]

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Lethally Languished Liver – Why Fructose is Nowadays a Main Cause of Fatty Liver Disease

Cha Gatchula — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 13:04:12 +0000

Fatty liver disease occurs when too much fat is stored in the liver, usually defined when more than five to ten percent of the liver is fat. According to the Mayo Clinic, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (that is, fatty liver disease that is not caused by alcohol) affects 80-100 million Americans. Yes, you read it […]

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Insulin Sensitive Prediabetic Diabetic – Why Constant Sugar Consumption Leads to Diabetes

Cha Gatchula — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 05:10:08 +0000

Constant sugar consumption is one of the primary causes of type 2 diabetes (we’ll explain why below). This is the kind of diabetes that you are NOT born with but rather develops over time, usually due to a combination of lifestyle issues (eating too much sugar and grains, being too sedentary, overeating, and being overweight) […]

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Torture to Your Tummy – How Sugar Damages Your Gut

Cha Gatchula — Sun, 02 Sep 2018 22:30:49 +0000

I hate to be the messenger of bad news but sugar causes havoc with your gut flora! By “flora,” I mean the bacteria and other microscopic creatures that live symbiotically in your gut. You’ve no doubt heard about “good bacteria” and “bad bacteria.” In a woman with a healthy gut, her “good bacteria” will far […]

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Watch Your Waist – It is Mainly Sugar that Makes Us Overweight

Cha Gatchula — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 21:30:04 +0000

Sugar is notorious for causing belly fat. That’s a simple rule that you have to learn and learn to accept even though it’s not so convenient when you’re craving a double chocolate donut! When our jeans fit too tight in the waist to be comfortable, we all lament about our belly fat. But… what exactly […]

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