Carbohydrate-rich foods worse than white bread.

Here are a few treats which we should not indulge in regularly, especially when we are watching our waistlines!

Specialty coffee drinks loaded with whipped cream, movie theatre popcorn, and toasted bagels... Every once in a while these foods aren't so bad. But the key phrase here is, once in a while. These are the kinds of treats that if we were to have repeatedly, we would have some health problems and a growing waistline to contend with!

Shape Magazine has compiled a short list of eight treats that are full of carbohydrates and sugars and generally not good to have on a regular basis. Some of them are very obvious (like those coffee drinks with their mounds of processed whipped cream), while others you may be surprised to find on the list!

Get informed, stay healthy and enjoy these treats, just once in a while... Carbs Without Cause: 8 Foods Worse Than White Bread

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If you love and miss your Nutella, you are going to love today's recipe!

Enjoy this easy gluten-free, refined sugar-free, vegan and paleo recipe for a delicious chocolatey hazelnut spread!

How delicious does that look?! I know my mouth is watering for some already! I used to love eating Nutella and I would eat it by the spoon. I didn't even bother with toast (although it's completely delicious with toast!). But my Nutella-by-the-spoon days are quite over now. If I were to continue that particular habit, I'm 100% positive I would be struggling to pull on my jeans!

This recipe is a much healthier alternative to the usual, store bought version of the chocolate-hazelnut spread! There are no refined sugars or preservatives added and it's gluten free, vegan and paleo approved! Enjoy it with toast and sprinkle on some PGX for that fibre kick!

Thank you to Chelsy of Mangia for sharing this fabulous nut butter! Visit her page to see pictures for every step of the recipe. Enjoy!

Homemade Nutella

Prep/Total time: 15 mins

Serves: 2 cups

All of the things you love about Nutella, but homemade, and healthier with roasted hazelnuts, cacao powder, creamy hazelnut milk, and a touch of maple syrup for the perfect sweetness. Gluten-free/vegan/paleo/refined sugar-free.

Ingredients

• 2 c. unsalted, roasted hazelnuts, skins removed
• 4 T. raw cacao powder, or cocoa powder
• ¼ t. fine sea salt
• 1 t. pure vanilla extract
• ¼ c. pure Maple syrup
• ½ c. hazelnut milk (you can also use unsweetened, vanilla almond milk or another nut milk if preferred)

Instructions

• Place the hazelnuts in a large food processor and process on high until smooth, about 10 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.
• Add the rest of the ingredients and process on high until smooth and creamy, about 3-4 minutes.
• Devour.

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Enjoy the flavours of spring without the worries of a disappearing waist line!

It's time to treat our taste buds to fresh spring foods, guilt-free!

The sun is shinging, trees are budding, and flowers are beginning to blossom... It's Springtime! Boy, am I ever excited for some sunshine and warmer, just-a-sweater weather! Every March, as spring begins to roll in, I get the urge to come out of my winter hibernation, so to speak.

Let's celebrate the coming of warmer weather with Shape Magazine's Top 50 Spring Foods that will keep our taste buds happy and our waist lines ready for summer!

I'm happy to see a lot of m favourite foods are on the list! Don't forget to take your daily fibre and add PGX to your list of spring foods this year! Fibre will go along away in keeping your blood sugar levels nice and steady and those cravings in check.

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Start your day with a burst of flavour and energy!

Combine this Eating Well recipe with PGX for a health morning boost! It's sure to keep you fuelled and in control of those pesky cravings...

It may seem like a lot of effort to whip up a smoothie in the morning but really, when you have the ingredients sitting in your refridgerator (or freezer), it's a piece of cake! All you have to do is throw in a few things into a blender, press a button, et voilà! You have a smoothie all set for a tasty, nutritious breakfast! How can you say no to a tumbler of this?! 

Eating Well Magazine share's deliciously simple recipe for their Wake-Up Smoothie. But it just needs one last ingedient... a PGX Daily Singles Stick! Add one stick containing 2.5 grams of PGX and you've a smoothie that will wake you up and keep your blood sugar levels nice and steady!

PGX health tip of today: always drink plenty of water and don't skip out on your breakfast!

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Fight the common cold with a healthy and nutritious diet!

Eat the right foods to prevent yourself from getting sick this year.

Although a healthy diet won't guarantee a cold-free season, it will drastically improve your chances of staying healthy. By building up your immune system with nutritous foods and healthy eating habits, you will be increasing your body's abilities to ward off those pesky cold symtoms!

Find the top 5 foods to help you fight off cold season below.

Top 5 Foods to Prevent a Cold:

1. Chicken soup
2. Colourful fruits
3. Colourful veggies
4. Foods high in Vitamins A, B, C and E
   
5. Yogurt

Stay healthy, PGX'ers!

Reference: http://www.everydayhealth.com

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