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After boycotts from vegetarians and vegans, the coffee giant is discontinuing its use of cochineal, a food dye made from crushed bugs, in favor of a tomato-based additive. For more information click here.
Top Off Coffee with Milk Instead of Cream
Ditching the half and half in your coffee for some skim milk is about the easiest change you can make — you’ll barely taste the difference and it takes a matter of seconds.
If you like your coffee light, go for skim milk or steamed skim milk (make it a latte). In addition to cholesterol help, choosing milk is also a great way to get in calcium and vitamin D.
For more smart cholesterol lowering tips click here.
Photo: Michalle Heimerman / A Camera in the Kitchen
There’s no need to feel guilty about your morning cuppa joe!
Women who drink a cup or more of coffee daily have up to a 25 percent lower stroke risk than those who sip the dark stuff less often, according to a new study reported today in the journal Stroke. Researchers followed nearly 35,000 women ages 49 to 83 for an average of 10 years and found the reduced risk held up even after accounting for such factors as BMI, high blood pressure, diabetes risk, and smoking habits — indicating that coffee’s stroke-lowering ability was independent of these known heart disease risk factors.
