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  1. Reduce Your Sugar Intake with These Tips

    Reduce Your Sugar Intake with These Tips

    Sugary foods are prevalent in our world. A staggering number of the packaged foods and beverages purchased by U.S. households contained added sugars. In addition, a large percentage of U.S. food supply products contain either caloric or low-calorie sweeteners.

    With sugar being so prevalent in regularly purchased products, it may seem impossible to escape consuming high-sugar foods regularly, which can be problematic for your health. Experts say that eating foods with too much sugar can cause a host of issues.

    So how can you reduce the amount of sugar you're eating?

  2. Living with Type 2 Diabetes? Foods to Eat and Foods to Avoid

    Living with Type 2 Diabetes? Foods to Eat and Foods to Avoid

    Healthy eating plays a significant role in whether you may develop type 2 diabetes — and a recently published study confirms that.

    According to the study, a considerable rise in people living with type 2 diabetes globally directly results from poor diet. The study demonstrates just how essential it is to improve the quality of your food. If you have prediabetes or type 2 diabetes, changing your diet is critical to improving your health.

    So, what should you be eating?

  3. Simple Ways to Tell if Your Food is Nutritious

    Simple Ways to Tell if Your Food is Nutritious

    Proper nutrition is one of the most important ways to ensure you lead a healthy, happy, long life. In fact, studies show that eating a balanced diet plays a role in all sorts of things. 

    It can be challenging to know whether your food is nutritious. Labels can be confusing if you’re not a nutrition expert, and honestly, how many of us are? But don't stress! Check out our easy to follow beginner's guide to deciphering food labels.

  4. Is Your Diet Really Healthy? 10 Quick Tips to Eat Better

    Is Your Diet Really Healthy? 10 Quick Tips to Eat Better

    If you're incorporating plenty of fruits, vegetables, lean protein, complex carbs and whole grains into your diet, you probably think you're eating a well-rounded diet. There's a solid chance that may be true! But, a recent study published in the American Society for Nutrition found that many of us think our diet is healthier than it really is.

    Thankfully, you can take control of your diet and ensure you're getting the proper nutrition that can support you in reaching your goals, and WE CAN HELP!

  5. 6 Sneaky Foods That Are Derailing Your Keto Diet

    6 Sneaky Foods That Are Derailing Your Keto Diet

    By now you’ve heard all about the keto diet — eat more meat and vegetables, avoid sugary foods and things like bread, and you’ll shed pounds, right?

    That’s the general idea. In essence, a ketogenic diet is one that focuses on high-fat, high-protein foods in an effort to force the body to burn fat instead of carbs. Most experts recommend aiming to eat 30 net grams of carbs per day to maintain a proper keto diet.

    Carbs have a way of sneaking into your daily meals. Do you know where they're hiding?

  6. Junk Food Addiction Is a Thing - Here Are 6 Ways to Overcome It!

    Junk Food Addiction Is a Thing - Here Are 6 Ways to Overcome It!

    If you’ve ever felt like you’re legitimately powerless to stop eating junk food, even that it’s a compulsion, you’re not alone.

    The research suggests that not only do people gain weight when they eat copious amounts of junk food, but it may even change the chemical balance in their brains, causing them to feel compelled to eat it in a way similar to addiction.

  7. Intermittent Fasting and the Keto Diet: The Perfect Match

    Intermittent Fasting and the Keto Diet: The Perfect Match

    Intermittent fasting and the keto diet are all the rage these days. But what, exactly, are they — and how do they work well together? Explore both, their benefits and why the might just be the perfect pair for your successful weight loss.

  8. Portion-Controlled Meals (and why they are so much better than fast food) Explained

    Portion-Controlled Meals (and why they are so much better than fast food) Explained

    We live in a day and age of hectic routines, grinding it out for hours at work, rushing from place to place and trying desperately to find (and appreciate!) the down-time in between. Our to-do lists seem never-ending, and often it feels like there isn’t a minute to spare. What does all that mean for our eating habits?

  9. Keto Diet? Diet-to-Go's Carb30 Plan is the Perfect Fit

    Keto Diet? Diet-to-Go's Carb30 Plan is the Perfect Fit

    Diet-to-Go’s Carb30 menu does it all for you. We make sure you get the proper balance of leafy green vegetables and protein-packed meats with tasty meals that will make it easy to stay on-track.

  10. Low-Carb Diet: 5 Ways to Do It Right

    Low-Carb Diet: 5 Ways to Do It Right

    When the low-carb diet idea first gained popularity in the late 1990s, it quickly became clear that going low-carb was a lightning quick way to shed unwanted pounds. But over the years, research started indicating that maybe low-carb wasn’t all it shaped up to be. So, does this mean that going low-carb is a bad idea?

    No. In fact, substituting saturated fats with polyunsaturated fats and limiting consumption of refined carbohydrates is beneficial for overall health, but here's how to do low carb RIGHT!

  11. 5 Surprising Foods That Turbocharge Fat Loss

    5 Surprising Foods That Turbocharge Fat Loss

    When it comes to weight loss, isn’t everyone is looking for a quick fix? Most of us have figured out, by now, that there is no magic bullet! And, if you’re a veteran to the weight loss game, you also know that how you lose weight is important. The goal is to lose weight slowly and steadily-- to BLAST FAT WHILE MAINTAINING MUSCLE MASS! But that’s easier said than done! Here’s some surprising news about turbocharging fat loss while losing weight for good.

  12. 5 Ways Mondays Can Help You Lose Weight

    5 Ways Mondays Can Help You Lose Weight

    Mondays -ugh. Back to work after the weekend, back to our diet after the splurges, back to the daily grind. But there's also something very powerful about Mondays that we can use to our advantage. Suddenly, having a case of "the Mondays" could be a very, VERY good thing. So when it comes to your least favorite day of the week, don't hate it, embrace it! Here's how:

  13. Blast Belly Fat with These 7 Foods

    Blast Belly Fat with These 7 Foods

    Memorial Day weekend signals the beginning of summer – and that means it’s time to break out the swim suit! Blast belly fat and get in shape for the beach by incorporating the right foods in your diet. Research has proven that the following foods can help trim your mid-section, which is good news for not only your figure, but your heart too.

  14. 5 Surprising Ways to Get Your Protein (And Build More Muscle!)

    5 Surprising Ways to Get Your Protein (And Build More Muscle!)

    Research shows that eating protein, immediately after you finish your workout helps your muscles heal faster so you can do more work. It also speeds up your metabolism because it takes more energy to digest than other nutrients. OK, we get it, protein is good. So how do we get more of it? There are the old standbys – canned tuna fish, milk, chicken and steak, but if you’re looking for surprising and creative ways to sneak in more protein, read on!

  15. Top 10 Diet Hacks of Your Favorite Snacks

    Top 10 Diet Hacks of Your Favorite Snacks

    We all have our junk food vices. It’s fine to indulge every once in awhile, but what if you could make similar versions of your old favorites with healthier ingredients, less calories, and less fat? We went on a mission to find ten of your favorite splurges and then a recipe that promises the same flavor sans the fat. Check out these diet hacked snacks.
     

  16. Beyond Broccoli: 5 Delicious Ways to Eat Your Vegetables

    Beyond Broccoli: 5 Delicious Ways to Eat Your Vegetables

    Eating more vegetables is essential to a healthy diet and weight control - but it's time to think outside the broccoli steam bag! Before you get bored out of your mind and skip eating your greens altogether, here are five delicious ways to prepare your vegetables that you've got to try!

  17. 12 Healthy Snacks for 100 Calories or Less

    12 Healthy Snacks for 100 Calories or Less

    It may be counter-intuitive, but snacking when you're watching your weight is actually a good idea. Making the right decision about snacking can be the difference between weight-loss and weight-gain. Be smart, have a plan, and snacks can be a great tool for keeping you fit, trim and on track for the whole day.

  18. How to Enjoy Your Favorite Condiments Without Adding Calories

    Condiments are tasty treats to add to almost any type of food. Although they may seem trivial, condiments aren't just toppings, they're food - with nutrients and calorie counts. Check out these 11 condiments that you can slather, squirt, top, sprinkle and spread to your heart's content.

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