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My friend Marilee Tolen, the Home Spa Lady, just sent her e-zine subscribers an amusing recipe for holiday cookies. Yes, I said, amusing! That's because you don't eat these holiday cookies and run the risk of packing on the pounds. Heck, these cookies don't even contain any sugar. Instead, you bathe with these captivating cookies. You got me right: You get into your bathtub with cookies! Here, then, is Marilee's recipe for "Holiday Bath Cookies."

Note from Connie: As if it wasn't bad enough! By the year 2015, a whopping 75% of American adults and nearly a quarter of American kids will be overweight or obese, according to an alarming study from researchers at the Center for Human Nutrition at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Jennifer Moore brings you more info. The research team drew this frightening conclusion through a meta-analysis of four national surveys and 20 studies. They discovered that the proportion of overweight or obese people has grown by an average of 0.3 to 0.8 percentage points since the 1960s. Back...

Just a friendly reminder. Today at 3 pm EST, both "FlyLady" (Marla) and I will answer your questions about sugar and getting organized for the holidays on my Stop SUGAR SHOCK! Radio Show. Here are more details for the show. Call us between 3 pm EST and 4 pm EST at (646) 716-7312 Hope to "see you" soon!

Have you heard today's Stop SUGAR SHOCK! Radio Show? Today, my guests were Mike Adams, editor of NewsTarget.com and renowned nutritionist Jonny Bowden. We had a great time chatting about the misleading term, "all natural"; how we came to become so fervent about nutrition and nutrition education; the importance of reading food labels; and much more. Listen now to today's Stop SUGAR SHOCK! show.

My guest on Tuesday's Stop SUGAR SHOCK! Radio Show is Mike Adams, a.k.a. "The Health Ranger," the editor of NewsTarget, an innovative website, that aims to provide journalistically independent stories that empower you. During the Stop SUGAR SHOCK! Radio Show interview, Mike and I will chat about some of his pet peeves such as deceptive, "all natural" claims on food food labels (which you can read about here and here), hydrogenated oils, the FDA position on stevia, microwave ovens and the FDA's plans to remove remove labelling requirements for irradiated foods. If you look around the content-rich NewsTarget.com, which Mike...

Many former classmates and fellow graduates of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition are doing some very exciting things, and I'm on many of their mailing lists. Today, I received some wonderful tips, courtesy of Tonja H. Ward of Ward Wellness. I just had to share these "Less is More..." tips with you. 'Tis the Season Where Less is More and More is Less!! Here are 10 easy tips to make More of your holiday season with Less and find ways to do Less with More! Less is more: 1. Less is More when it comes to holiday food. Don't let...

Endocrinologist Laurence Hirsch, MD, explains the impact that flavored coffees can have on blood sugar. Read his answer...

On Thursday, at 1 p.m. EST on the Stop SUGAR SHOCK! Radio Show, you'll have a chance to hear Alan Levy, CEO and co-founder of BlogTalkRadio.com, the groundbreaking social-broadcasting Internet platform that allows thousands of us to happily, easily, painlessly host radio shows on the Web. It will be very exciting to hear Alan chat about how he conceived of the idea for this "democratized environment" (his words), which allows 3,000 hosts to broadcast live, call-in shows online. Alan also will share about how he founded this unique platform in August 2006 with Bob Charish while mourning for his father's...

Parents, don't despair. You can get your children to eat colorful, nutritious fruits and veggies. My blog researcher Jennifer Moore, brings you some good news. As the mother of a picky eating 5-year-old, I know it isn't easy to get your kids to eat healthy foods. But news of a recent study from the University of California Los Angeles gives me hope that it can be done. As you can learn in the December edition of the journal Public Health Nutrition, three Los Angeles elementary schools participated in a nutrition program that put salad bars in to school cafeterias and...

Do you have questions about kicking sugar? I'm here to help, especially since this time of year poses special sugar challenges. On Wed., Dec. 19 at 3 p.m. EST., I will take your questions live during a special, one-hour Stop SUGAR SHOCK! Radio Show on BlogTalkRadio.com. If you need help to kick sugar or confront your sugar habit, just call (646) 716-7312 between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. EST. I will try my best to live up to my nickname as the "Sugar Sleuth" while answering your questions about how to lick your sugar addiction, how to successfully face holiday...