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Why DIET soda is NOT as good for you as you think! I'm particularly amazed by the number of people who comfortably drink diet soda with the belief that it's safer than ordinary soda. When researching the dangers of diet soda, sadly I've learned it is just as unhealthy as ordinary soda especially because of the ingredient aspartame. Aspartame is what is used to give diet soda that sweet taste.  It is an artificial sweetener and the manufacturers of diet sodas say by substituting sugar with an artificial sweetener, then they are drastically cutting down on calories contained. Unfortunately, this attempt to make beverages healthier for us does the complete opposite. Artificial sweetener will actually confuse the body.  For example if I were to drink a diet coke, because it tastes sweet, my brain will send a message to the pancreas to prepare for digestion of sugar, now that means more insulin will be produced. However, it will not find any sugar in the ...

Have you ever cut an apple in small pieces for your kids and then five minutes they don't want to eat it because they turned brown? Or what about preparing a dish for a party that contains apples or avocados ... how do you keep it turning from brown before your party? The ANSWER is ... Yes a lemon or lemon juice keeps fruit from browning. I've used it on apples and avocados ... I hate eating brown avocados LOL.  I normally just squirt the lemon juice on the apple slices. Others have actually soaked the apples in water and a 1tbsp of lemon. I have found that rubbing the lemon juice on the apples work great and if you leave to sit for a few minutes the lemon juice gets absorbed and you won't even taste it. I have to use this all the time to get the kids to eat their apples if they don't eat the entire thing in one day. For more great foodie tips; subscribe to my blog!