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How does sugar affect your sleep; the scary truth! Many of us associate sugar with the sleepiness that comes after the typical energy crash, but did you know that sugar actually reduces your ability to get a good quality night's sleep, and ruins your sleep cycle? Let’s get to the bottom of why junk food and sugar cause negative effects on our sleep and discover the most significant effects that sugar has on sleep and what we can do to create a fantastic good night's sleep.

Are artificial sweeteners like Splenda, Equal, NutraSweet, Sugar Twin, and other lesser-known brands actually good for you? There's a lot of controversy surrounding the pros and cons of artificial sweeteners. A lot of the time they're celebrated for their low calorie content and supposed benefits when compared to sugar, but it turns out there's more to consider when jumping on the artificial sweetener bandwagon. In this post, we cover the details behind sweeteners like sugar alcohols, aspartame, stevia and more.

Dates... not the romantic kind, I’m talking about those weird dried prune looking fruits. Yeah, I get it — when you have a craving for something sweet but healthy, dates are exactly the fruit you'll usually turn to, albeit it in a plain and sometimes boring form... but guess what? All of that is about to change. Today you're going to discover all the amazing ways you can enjoy those wacky-looking fruits in a delightfully satisfying dessert form. Dates are the naturally sweet healthy dessert hero we all need for our sweet tooth.

Here's how sugary, high carb, and junk foods can negatively affect your period and menstrual symptoms. Ever wondered how your diet affects your hormones and your period? Well, it turns out the two are closely intertwined. Find out what are the best and worst foods for your menstrual symptoms!

Learn the 5 best ways to stop late night eating and food binging in its tracks! If you find yourself too tempted to say no to that bag of chips after a long day and spiralling into candy and comfort foods, odds are you are a late night binge eater. Here are the most common causes and the best ways to break those negative food habits.

It’s time for you to break free from that nagging cycle of saying, "I'll start tomorrow." Do you keep telling yourself that you’ll plan to “start a new diet or health plan every Monday or you’ll get to eating healthier and staying on track tomorrow”? But tomorrow never comes, does it? There always seems to be something that causes you to push tomorrow further and further away. Here’s how to break the ‘start tomorrow’ cycle!

Have you ever struggled to make sense of suspect or just plain confusing sugar claims on packaging when trying to shop with nutrition in mind? What’s the difference between sugar-free, low-sugar, unsweetened, and no sugar added? Yes? Well, you’re not alone! Here’s how you can decode the labels and avoid sneaky hidden sugars!

Have you cut calories and started working out in order to lose weight, but not seen much progress on the scale? Well it turns out that sugar, processed foods and hidden junk foods could be causing you to hold onto that unwanted weight! Here's how sugar can prevent weight gain, as well as how to solve it!

Hidden sugar is everywhere - from ketchup to soups, we often don't even realise how much added sugar we're actually eating. To make matters worse, a low sugar diet is crucial to being to attain many of our health goals, be it losing weight or simply maintaining a healthy diet. So, this year, let's make eating less sugar and junk food our doable resolution and beat cravings for good! Here's how to do it!

Whether we've had trouble at work, family responsibilities, or made a big move to another country, stress in our everyday lives usually triggers our most common comfort mechanism: craving junk foods. Nothing hits the spot when we're feeling at our most anxious as indulging in sugar, carb, and generally comforting foods like ice cream and pizza. So why do we do this? And how can we stop comfort and stress eating? That's what we're getting to the bottom of in this blog post!

Are you worried about how you’re going to be able to make it through Christmas season without blowing your clean eating, low-sugar, sugar-free or keto diet? Here are the best low-carb, sugar-free, keto, vegan, and other restricted diet friendly and generally healthy Christmas dinner and dessert recipes that are delicious and sure to please!