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Berry Good Breakfast Smoothie

Makes 6 Servings Ingredients 12 ounces lowfat vanilla yogurt 3 cups sliced strawberries 1 cup blueberries 3/4 cup light cranberry juice 1 1/2 tablespoons NatraTaste™ Gold (Baker’s Bag) 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice 6 teaspoons grape nuts (optional) 2 cups cracked ice Directions Combine all the ingredients (except grape nuts)...

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Golden Carrot Cake

Makes 16 Servings Ingredients 1 cup all purpose flour 1 cup whole wheat flour 1 teaspoon ground ginger 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 2 teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup NatraTaste™ Gold Cup for Cup 1/2 cup Sugar In The Raw® 2 eggs 2 teaspoons...

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Allulose: A Sweet New Tool for Diabetes Management

By: Melissa Joy Dobbins, MS, RDN, CDE -- There’s no debating it: Diabetes is a serious and growing national health concern. Nearly 30 million people (9.3% of the U.S. population) have diabetes, and 86 million (more than 1 out of 3 adults) have prediabetes. I’ve been a certified diabetes educator...

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Review of Sucralose Safety Published in Food and...

“Critical review of the current literature on the safety of sucralose” by Magnuson, et al., was published in Food and Chemical Toxicology in August 2017. The article provides a comprehensive review of animal and human studies conducted to evaluate the safety of sucralose. The extensive studies evaluated endpoints including possible...

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How Sweet It Is: Enjoy Candy without Guilt

June is National Candy Month, an annual event created by the National Confectioners Association to celebrate the authentic, fun treats that candy companies have been producing for more than 100 years. Whether its chocolate, hard candy or soft chewy treats, can candy be part of a nutritious eating plan? Absolutely!...

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Diet, Gut Bacteria and Health

By: Jill Weisenberger, MS, RDN, CDE, FAND --  We each walk around with about 10 times more bacteria cells in our guts than we have human cells in our entire bodies! In fact, there are about three pounds or so of bacteria in the human gut that are busy doing things...

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