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Servings Per Recipe: 18 Calories: 583 Total Fat: 35.6g Cholesterol: 75mg Sodium: 355mg

Total Carbs: 63.9g Dietary Fiber: 2.3g Protein: 5.2g

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PECAN CARROT CAKE

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan. .

2. In a large bowl, beat together eggs, oil, white sugar and 2 teaspoons vanilla. Mix in flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Stir in carrots. Fold in pecans. Pour into prepared pan. .

3. Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely. .

4. To Make Frosting: In a medium bowl, combine butter, cream cheese, confectioners' sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat until the mixture is smooth and creamy. Stir in chopped pecans. Frost the cooled cake.

s 4 eggs

s 1 1/4 cups vegetable shortening

s 2 cups white sugar

s 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

s 2 cups all-purpose flour

s 2 teaspoons baking soda

s 2 teaspoons baking powder

s 1/2 teaspoon salt

s 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

s 3 cups grated carrots

s 1 cup chopped pecans

s 1/2 cup butter, softened

s 8 ounces cream cheese, softened

s 4 cups confectioners' sugar

s 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

s 1 cup chopped pecans

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Coffee

In spite of the age old controversy, coffee is, in fact, an excellent source of disease-fighting antioxidants; and, taken in moderation, coffee is a safe beverage that can actually offer positive health benefits.

Caffeine works as a mild central-nervous-system stimulant, and is one of the world's most widely used drugs along with being an intrinsic part of the human diet for centuries. The key, as with many

other things, is moderation as scientists have found that drinking large amounts of caffeine over a short period has been shown to create a significant rise in blood sugar.

Another issue worth noting relates to pregnancy, as pregnant women should avoid coffee, eliminating it from their diets completely, in fact, many coffee loving females actually detest the taste, and even the smell, of coffee during their pregnancies.

Nursing mothers as well should restrict their daily intake of coffee to less than three cups or, if possible, remove it from their diets entirely, only to resume consumption after nursing has ended.

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