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By: Cat Ebeling, RN, MSN-PHN, co-author of the best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes Fix Honey has been a popular part of humans’ diet since hunter-gatherer days, as far back as 10,000 years ago. In fact, some researchers believed that primal man often ate large amounts of honey. Even today, some primitive tribes, like the …

By: Cat Ebeling, RN, MSN-PHN, co-author of the best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes Fix It’s that ‘pumpkin’ time of year again, but really pumpkin is good just about any time of the year in my opinion. Fresh pumpkin is most plentiful in the fall in the Northern Hemisphere, but you can buy it most …

By: Cat Ebeling, BSN, co-author of the best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes Fix I don’t know about you, but sometimes my body just craves greens. Especially those dark green leafy ones like kale, parsley, cilantro, spinach, chard, etc. But I don’t always have them on hand, and don’t have time to run by my …

By: Cat Ebeling, BSN, co-author of the best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes Fix I’ve never been a huge fan of pumpkin pie, but I do like pumpkin, so I decided to make up this pumpkin bar recipe a few years ago. It’s always a huge hit anytime of the year, and it has become …

By: Cat Ebeling Co-author of the best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes Fix Sweet potatoes are the ultimate—satisfying non-grain carbohydrates, packed with nutrients and without all the inflammatory issues that white potatoes contain. Sweet potatoes differ from white potatoes, and do not contain harmful compounds such as saponins, glycoalkaloids, and lectins like white potatoes. …

By: Cat Ebeling  Co-author of the best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes Fix It’s PUMPKIN time again!! Pumpkin coffee, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin ravioli, pumpkin pie, pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin beer, pumpkin potato chips and more! While pumpkins are chock full of beta-carotene (the pre-cursor to vitamin A), and fiber, they are also low glycemic, meaning …