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Many people rely on energy drinks to keep up with busy schedules. Energy drinks generally contain caffeine plus other energy enhancers such as carnitine, ginkgo biloba, ginseng, glucuronolactone, guarana, and taurine—often made palatable by a large dose of sugar. Energy and enhanced cognitive activity are benefits. But drinking too much of a typical energy drink…
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Yesterday’s posts focused on tea. Now coffee gets its turn—in the form of coffee candy. The artisans at How Do You Take Your Coffee?, a confectioner in Reno, Nevada, like their coffee so much that they freshly roast their own beans prior to making four different types of coffee candy. The candies are innovative and…
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The size of grapes, camu-camu are vitamin C-laden superfruits. Photo courtesy Acai-Natural-Pain-Free-Health.com. What’s the next superfruit? It’s camu-camu—but you can call it camu, for short. Camu is the grape-size fruit of a small, shrub-like tree that grows in the swampy basins and flood plains of the Amazon rainforest. As ethnobiologists comb the world for fruits,…
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Drinkable vegetable soups are a healthy snack option. Photo by Daniela Cuevas | THE NIBBLE. The media is full of advice about healthier snacks. But what if you don’t have the time to bring fresh fruit, carrot sticks, hard-cooked eggs and other healthy snacks to the workplace? How can you avoid the chips, candy and…
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Nasoya has created a new product for vegetarians, vegans and others on a no meat/low meat diet. Tofu Plus is fortified to provide 20% of the daily value of five nutrients that others get from meat: vitamins B2, B6, B12, D2 and calcium. Replacing three ounces of meat (the size of a medium hamburger) with…
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