One of the great things about Xylitol is that it is exchanged equally in recipes for sugar. In other words, if the recipe calls for 1/2 cup of sugar, you can use 1/2 cup of Xylitol in its place. It doesn’t get any easier than that!

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Kathy on August 4th, 2008

I started physical therapy last Thursday to improve my range of motion following the healing of my shoulder fracture. My therapist was knowledgeable, professional, and encouraging. I was expecting physical therapy to be painful since I had been through it years ago after a previous injury, but I knew it was absolutely necessary if I […]

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Kathy on August 3rd, 2008

If you’ve been diagnosed with osteopenia, it means that your bone density test indicates that you have a lower bone density than normal, BUT not low enough to qualify as osteoporosis.  In osteopenia, bone density ranges between 1 and 2.5 standard deviations below the norm.  Osteoporosis is diagnosed  from anything more than 2.5 standard deviations […]

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Kathy on August 1st, 2008

Breakfast: Amy’s brand Cream of Tomato Soup, 1/2 tuna sandwich made from tuna with canola mayonnaise on a slice of Sesame Ezekiel Bread, water, supplements Lunch: Fruity Protein Shake, Greens+ High Protein Bar, water Snack: Carrot, water Dinner: Out to eat at the Outback Steakhouse:  3 ounces of steak (cut from my husband 12-oz. Outback […]

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