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Make Sure Your Holiday Cakes Don’t Have This Type of Frosting

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Colorful cakes are an important part of many special occasions, but you should think twice before eating bakery items that have glittery frosting.  

That’s because the so-called “luster dust” used in sparkly cake decorations can contain poisonous heavy metals. 

A new report in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report found that inedible, toxic glitter is often mixed with or used in place of edible food-grade glitter for frosting.Read More

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One Food Cuts Blood Sugar More than the Leading Diabetes Drug

In All Health Watch, General Health, Gut Health, Sugar Challenge

If you walk into your doctor’s office and are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, chances are you’ll walk out with prescription for metformin.  

It is the nation’s leading diabetes drug treatment. It has been prescribed to 120 million people worldwide. It lowers blood sugar by an average of 25%.i ii 

But a fascinating study shows there’s a simple way to reduce blood sugar even more than metformin can.Read More