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Food spotlight: Are you FODMAP-intolerant?

You’ve likely heard of lactose intolerance and gluten sensitivity but do you know about FODMAPs? FODMAPs, which stands for Fermentable Oligosaccharides, Disaccharides, Monosaccharides and Polyols (we definitely prefer the acronym), are carbohydrates and sugar alcohols in your diet that are poorly absorbed by your body. If you’re experiencing gas, bloating, abdominal pain or diarrhea and […]

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Food spotlight: Greece

It’s believed the first Greek to set foot on American soil – in what is now Pensacola, Florida – was a sailor named Don Teodoro who accompanied Spanish explorer Panfilo de Narvaez in 1528. In the 1700s, around 450 Greek colonists founded New Smyrna near Saint Augustine, Florida. But it was not until the late […]

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Food Spotlight: Portugal

body.kc-css-system .kc-css-3462210{text-align: center;}body.kc-css-system .kc-css-4306034{text-align: center;} It may be a small country on the western edge of Europe but Portugal has had a huge influence on the world thanks in large part to its colonial history – leaving its mark through language and culture in Brazil, West and East Africa and throughout the Indian Ocean. Its […]

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