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Have you ever heard of monk fruit? The name monk-fruit is funny-sounding, isn’t it? When I first heard of monk fruit a vision of an orange in a brown robe popped into my head. Turns out monk fruit is a small, greenish-colored gourd that hails from Southeast Asia and is nothing like an orange… Well, I’m getting ahead of myself here, it is like an orange in that it is sweet like an orange. It’s unlike an orange in that the sweetness it delivers can be isolated into a powder or a liquid and serve as a 0-calories option to replace sugar. How sweet is it? 150-200 times sweeter than sugar. And yes, it really has 0 calories, 0 carbohydrates,...

   Ok, before I get too far into this article, let me admit that I acknowledge I have focused intently on the ketogenic diet over the past few years. So, for me to write on an extremely dense source of carbohydrates might be a departure from the normal. Let me couch this fact within this statement. Carbohydrates are not evil AND, when we use carbohydrates wisely we can benefit greatly from the energy and nutrition they provide. One of the best sources of carbohydrates is the plantain, or as I’ve heard it called, “bananas on steroids.” Plantains are not a ubiquitous food here in the States, and I think that’s a shame, as they’re one of the healthier foods around....

Here at Health As It Ought To Be we don’t talk about people relying solely on meal replacements to get them through the day. On the other hand, we know that plenty of people have to augment their diet with things like protein shakes because the demands of life necessitate eating on the go. And that’s why we wanted to let you know that even though your diet shouldn’t be filled with protein shakes like our Momsanity Dutch Chocolate Shake… There is substantial evidence to show that high-quality protein shakes can actually help boost various aspects of health. Something to consider is you won’t get these benefits from every protein shake. Lower-quality protein shakes with artificial ingredients can actually sabotage...