I noticed a commercial for Truvia, a new sugar substitute, on television tonight.  I knew right away it had something to do with the natural sweetener, stevia.  I first heard about stevia from my friend Angela about two years ago.  Stevia is a plant derived sweetener that is sweeter than sugar, and contains no calories.  [...]

There’s a reason why your child is bouncing off the walls in the morning hours of the day.  I was watching the Today Show this morning before I left for work and there was a segment on the amount of sugar in breakfast cereals that many children and adults eat for breakfast.  In a new [...]