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Healthy food habits have a direct relationship to personal health and fitness. I have learned how all choices in life always have results or consequences. When Vic’s son Carter, was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes three months before his 21st birthday, I went to work trying to figure out just what a college kid who didn't know how to cook, could and would eat! Having enjoyed a lifetime of cooking for family and friends, I recognized a void for healthy, low glycemic, sugar free food that would be easy for any level cook and had high flavor to keep all our taste buds satisfied!

Almost Mac ‘n Cheese

Without question this is Vic’s favorite side.  He wants it with everything!  A few weeks ago we were having King Crab and he wanted it.  I had to put my foot down and just say no!  That does not go ...

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Why Coconut Oil?

There are many varieties of oils available for cooking in grocery stores today. Many people already have a preference as to which they prefer to use, but is it the healthiest option?  Research is showing more and more that coconut ...

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Sun-dried Tomato Goat Cheese Bites

For rave reviews … make this easy, tasty appetizer.  It will not disappoint!  The goat cheese is my twist from another recipe that uses 3 of these four ingredients that is a little more complicated yet so worth making. I will ...

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The Discovery of Type 3 Diabetes

In 2005 when Dr. Suzanne de la Monte, a neuropathologist at Brown University, reported that Alzheimer’s disease was a form of diabetes, there was much skepticism from the medical community.  But since then the evidence has been overwhelming and now ...

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Why Buy Organic

Organic foods, cleaners and beauty products have been lining store shelves more and more in the past several years.  The demand for organic products was not what it is today, however more people are catching on.  Some would like to eat ...

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Pepperoni Chips

  The kids big and small love these bites of flavor.   Use them as chips for dips, with a slice of cheese or on their own  to satisfy your salty pleasure. While I have seen several recipes floating around ...

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10 Diabetes Myths

If you or someone close to you has recently been diagnosed with diabetes, you might find yourself overwhelmed with the amount of information and even misinformation written about the disease.  In this information age, it’s easy to become confused.  Depending ...

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Eat Butter!

It may sound strange to you to be encouraged to eat more butter. After all, many of us grew up being told that butter is bad for us, it’s full of fat, it’ll clog our arteries, and so on. However, ...

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Water vs. Soda

Most of us have heard that we should be drinking more water, as our bodies are largely comprised of it. For some, drinking water comes naturally. Others may need more convincing, particularly if drinking water has not been a habit ...

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Loaded Cauliflower

This is hands down the cauliflower we gobble down.  It is what you want when you only think you wanted a loaded baked potato or twice baked potato. It is comfort food. FOODS THAT HEAL IN THIS RECIPE: Cauliflower –  Called ...

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