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6. Reduce saturated fats and additives – Avoid foods that contain saturated fats and Trans fats. Consuming Trans fats and saturated fats can increase the bad cholesterol in the body and increase the risk of heart disease and diabetes. Foods that are deep fried or have a high content of sugar are the ones that come under the category of Trans fats. There are certain oils that you need to avoid since they are highly processed. These are soybean oil and canola oil. In addition to the above, foods…

Honey does not have a consistent flavor because bees use local flowers in making their honey. Honey’s flavor can range from sweet to bitter, depending on the flowers available in a local area. In the Americas, prior to the arrival of sugar, syrup from maple trees or fruit was used as sweeteners. Sugar was appealing to people because it had a sweeter taste than anything available at that time (Aronson, 7). The process of creating sugar and the desire people had for it brought about the Age of…

listed on food labels. Here are some: Agave, Arabinose, Barley malt syrup, Barley sugar, Birch syrup, Brown sugar, Caramel, Coconut sugar, Corn syrup, Date sugar, Dextrose, Disaccharide, Evaporated cane juice, Free sugar, Fructose, Fruit juice, Fucose, Galactose, Glucose, Golden syrup, High fructose corn syrup, High maltose, Honey, Icing sugar, Inositol, Inverted sugar syrup, Jaggery, Lactose, Maltose, Mannose, Maple sugar, Maple syrup, Molasses, Monosaccharide, Palm sugar, Ribose, Rhamnose,…

It’s talked about widely across the globe, but how much do we truly know about the dwindling rainforests. Officials across the world are stepping to start saving them before they’re gone all together. From widespread tropical fires, deforestation, and unknown amounts of plant and animal extinctions, known or not, the world is starting to call in protection and justice. Globally the world is covered in more than 10 billion acres of forests, but 15 million acres are cut down each year. Every…

When I was a child, I remember the coldest winter days growing up in Chicago. The winter time was my favorite time of the year. My mom used to dress me in layers and layers of clothes to keep me warm to protect my delicate skin from the harshness of the cold weather. As soon as we made it outside I would find the highest point in the snow and make my snow angels. My favorite part of winter was waking up on Christmas morning to see the pure white blanket of snow covering every inch of my street…

Donald Trump? Hillary Clinton? Plane? These are only a few of the many thoughts racing through my mind. When I got an email from Mr.Pergament, i’ll be honest, I was worried I got into some trouble. However, after I read the entire email I was thrilled. I have never been in Washington DC, let alone an airplane! One thing troubled me, though. Money. I was worried, I already planned on using my Rowland grant for the Morocco trip. Money has always been a struggle with my family, I was usually the…

Amid the chaos of life, self-reflection rarely occurs. Many of us walk through life, never stopping to consider our current location on the path towards our goal destinations. In the modern world, our minds have become restless. Rather than taking the time to consider our current place, we scramble toward our hopes and dreams, all the while running away from our past. With our minds constantly consumed by the the next to-do list, we lose our connection to ourselves, forgetting along the way to…

Did you know that smoothies were created because someone was feeling left out? In 1970, a man named Steven Kuhnau was lactose intolerant and felt very left out when all his friends were drinking milkshakes and he couldn’t. So, he created the smoothie made of fruit, ice, and fruit juice. Now, smoothies have evolved and there are many different ways that people make smoothies. I am going to tell you my way of making smoothies so that you will have the perfect smoothie when you are done.…

McDonalds is somewhere everyone has eaten at, at least once in their lifetime. What they do not know is what they are eating. People today trust anyone with their food in order to save time for work and other important tasks. The time spent on cooking meals in America has "fallen by half since the mid-sixties" (Pollan, "Cooked" 3). Nutrition has been put in the hands of fast food corporations around the world. Unfortunately, fast food corporations such as McDonalds are mainly concerned about…

“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends” (J.K. Rowling). This quote is cohesive to when Atticus is trying to explain to Scout that “This time we aren’t fighting the Yankees, we’re fighting our friends...”-Atticus (102). Harper Lee’s To kill a Mockingbird is a novel about a young girl called Jean “Scout” Louise growing up in her hometown of Maycomb, Alabama with her older brother Jem. Scout has to deal with a lot of things growing…