Category Archives: Health

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  Another Update

  Posted on March 6, 2009 by Amy_Dungan in blog, Health

  Hey everyone. I thought I’d check in and give you the 411 on what’s up with me. I’m still sick. I’m better than I was and even felt pretty good on Tuesday. But by that evening I was not feeling so good again. Maybe I pushed it a bit. I took my kids roller skating [...]

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  More high fructose hype? You gotta see this!

  Posted on November 26, 2008 by Amy_Dungan in blog, Health

  Some of you may remember the little run-in I had with the “corn lady” (president of the corn refiners association Audrae Erickson). It happened over one of my early articles on examiner where I reviewed the drink Zevia. I mentioned that HFCS is horrid and she took offense. (Makes sense. It is her cash cow [...]

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  Do I look like a pill pusher?

  Posted on October 5, 2008 by Amy_Dungan in blog, Health, Weight Loss

  Don’t answer that. It’s a rhetorical question. I’m not sure why, but lately I’ve received several inquiries asking me to link to and/or help promote diet pills. My only thought is these people don’t read my blog. If they did, they’d know I do not endorse diet pills in any way, shape or form. So [...]

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  HFCS is just like fruit juice???

  Posted on August 29, 2008 by Amy_Dungan in blog, Health

  Those of you who have read my blog for any amount of time know that I do not believe healthy eating and HFCS can go hand-in-hand. It’s nutritional diarrhea – plain and simple. Nor to I advocate eating simple sugars in any form, including fruit juice. So you can imagine my surprise when I read [...]

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  You Can Make A Difference!

  Posted on June 23, 2008 by Amy_Dungan in blog, Health, Low-Carb

  I received a letter today from Richard Feinman, founder of the the Nutrition and Metabolism Society. He’s asking for everyone to sign a petition to make NIH take notice of existing science supporting carbohydrate restriction in treating diabetes and that they should fund more research with experts who have experience in this type of treatment. [...]

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