Have You Been Sugar-Jacked?

I don’t take credit for this awesome phrase: “Our food process has absolutely been sugar-jacked.” –Anne Alexander, Prevention Senior Vice President, Editorial Director So, have you been sugar-jacked? Don’t know? If you are overweight, normal weight obese or obese, you have been sugar-jacked. And,...

11 Weird Things Sugar is Doing to Your Body

By Leah Zerbe Sugar is wrecking your face, and other strange new findings. Is sugar toxic? It is when you consider the levels the average American swallows each year—a whopping 130 pounds of added sugars ingested annually. That’s about 22 teaspoons a day, way over the max set by the American He...

Health Alert: Internal Inflammation And Your Damaged Metabolism

by Kevin DiDonato, MS, CSCS, CES In some cases, inflammation can be the root of all evil. Don’t get me wrong, inflammation has its place in the body.  But talking about diseases and disease processes, you want to stay away from inflammation. Inflammation can ruin healthy fat cells, rendering...