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A Carb Another Name
What do white bread, fresh spinach, garbanzo beans and crispy carrots have in common? Believe it or not, they are all sources of carbohydrates! Did that word raise any red flags for you? Because everything you’ve heard about carbs is bad news? Then get ready for a major paradigm shift! The good news is: not all carbohydrates are bad. There are, of course, empty carbs everywhere you look—white bread, white rice, crackers, etc.—but there also exists a wealth of potential energy and vibrancy in the goodcarbohydrates that you’ll find in legumes, fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. What separates the good from...
Veggies In Your Muffins
It’s no secret that veggies are a crucial nutritional source for our bodies and minds. It’s also no surprise that most of us don’t get our recommended daily dose of leafy greens and other veggies—about 70% of Americans fall short, according to USNews.com. Here at Bizzy Lizzy, we pride ourselves on not only the scrumptious, baked-from-scratch goodness that we put into everything we bake, but also on using wholesome, healthy, hearty ingredients—and that includes whole fruits and veggies. Sound weird? Just think about it: Do you like carrot cake? Then you’ve already enjoyed a helping of vitamins and minerals, along...
What's Wrong with Wheat?
Fantastic Flax Packs Heaps of Health
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Flax is like the new tofu. Remember a decade or so ago, when tofu was relegated to the weird outer circles of hippies and health fanatics? But now it's EVERYWHERE, common as ketchup. Now flax is making a similar skyrocketing debut into popular culture and with good reason! This tiny seed has been around for centuries, as early as 3000 BC. King Charlemagne was such a devout flax follower that he passed laws requiring his subjects to consume it. Now, thirteen centuries later, technology is catching up with old-fashioned instincts and observations to prove flax to be one of the...
Wheat Free is a Daily Headlines Across Country
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Why is this a headline? The answer is quite simple: bleached wheat flour is harming every level of society. We add it to so many food items as a thickener, an agent to keep cereals and other snack foods from sticking to equipment. Not to mention we bake everything with it: bread, doughnuts, cookies, cakes and everything else you find in the bakery section of our local store. Bleached flour creates inflammation; it is connected to diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, weight gain and the list goes on and on. Bizzy Lizzy did not start the Bakery for allergies; we were trying...