Daylight Savings

Don't forget to set your clocks back an hour tonight. Enjoy the extra hour. What will you do with it? Will it be an extra hour of sleep or time to work out?

Stevia - The Zero Calorie All Natural Sweetner

Replace your sugar with a natural zero calorie herb

Stevia is a South American herb that has been used as a sweetener by the Guarani Indians of Paraguay for hundreds of years. The leaves of this small, green Stevia rebaudiana plant have a delicious and refreshing taste that can be 30 times sweeter than sugar.

Stevia has many excellent properties. The body does not metabolize the sweet glycosides from the stevia leaf or any of its processed forms - so there is no caloric intake. Stevia doesn't adversely affect blood glucose levels and may be used freely by diabetics.

Avoid Fall Leaf Raking Injuries

Soon the fall leaves will be leaving behind hours of raking and bagging.  Remember to follow some lawn clean up advise: wear gloves to protect your hands, wear skid proof shoes, stretch and always bend at the knees to collect leaves, and not at your waist.
And
"Never jump into a pile of leaves with a wet sucker."
  ~ Linus ~ It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

Do Not Eat List !! For Gluten Free

Abyssinian Hard (Wheat triticum durum)
Alcohol (Spirits - Specific Types)
Amp-Isostearoyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
Atta Flour
Barley Grass
Barley Malt
Beer (most contain barley or wheat)
Bleached Flour
Bran
bread Flour
Brewer's Yeast
Brown Flour
Bulgur
Cereal Binding
Couscous
Dinkle (Spelt)
Enriched Flour
Farina
Filler
Flour (normally this is wheat)
Fu (dried wheat gluten)
Germ
Graham Flour
Hard Wheat
Soy Sauce unless says gluten free
Kluski Pasta
Malt
Malt Vinegar
Matzah
Matzo
Matzo Semolina
Meringue
Orzo Pasta
Pasta
Pearl Barley
Roux
Rye
Semolina
Small Spelt
Spirits (Specific Types)
Spelt (Triticum spelta)
Sprouted Wheat or Barley
Teriyaki Sauce
Oil
Unbleached Flour
Whole-meal Flour

The following items may or may not contain gluten depending on where and how they are made, and it is sometimes necessary to check with the manufacturer to find out:

Artificial Color⁴
baking powder⁴
Caramel Color^{1, 3}
Caramel Flavoring^{1, 3}
Coloring⁴
Dextrins^1,7
Dry Roasted Nuts⁴
Gravy Cubes⁴
Ground Spices⁴
Non-dairy Creamer⁴
Smoke Flavoring⁴
Soba Noodles⁴
Soy Sauce⁴
Starch^{1, 4}
Vegetable Broth⁴
Vegetable Starch⁴
vitamins⁴

Did you Know?

• Muffins are worse than doughnuts. A chocolate frosted doughnut is 270 calories 3 teaspoons of sugar and 7 grams of fat.  A chocolate chip muffin is 610 calorie, 14 teaspoons of sugar and 7 grams of fat
• A serving of nuts or dried fruit is a 1/4 cup.  About the size if a golf ball
• Hummus serving size is 2 Tablespoons or the size of a golf ball
• Ice Cream serving size 1/2 cup or equal to 2 golf balls in size.  ( I guess Cold Stone love it is over sized)
• Two Tablespoons of Coffee Mate has more Calories than two Tablespoons of half and half
•  200 calories of pasta is 1 cup or about the size of a baseball. 

Boost your mood with these foods

Coffee
Vitamin B,  like fortified cereals
Protein,  fish, eggs or lentils
Eat daily to help a good mood from going bad.

The Humble Pumpkin

It is one of the vegetables which is very low calories; provides just 26 cal per 100 g and contains no saturated fats or cholesterol; but is rich a source of dietary fiber, anti-oxidants, minerals, vitamins. Recommended  to control cholesterol  and help loose weight.
It has the highest levels of Vitamin A. Vitamin A is a powerful natural anti-oxidant and is required by body for maintaining your  skin and vision.