some form of sugar listed as
their first or second main ingredient.
Even products that are
advertised to the consumer as
healthy, such as those delicious
protein smoothies carried in
the produce section of the grocery
store, which are LOADED
with sugar and chemicals. (To
be clear, the "hidden sugars"
I’m talking about the processed
sugars one finds in candy and
other sweets, not the natural
sugars found in whole fruit,
veggies, and plain milk.)
How do we combat this
onslaught of sugar in our diets?
Sugar comes in many forms, so
a good rule of thumb is to become
vigilant at reading labels.
Look for any ingredient ending
with the suffix -ose, such
as fructose or sucrose, because
they are added sugars. Other
ingredients that indicate sugar
content include high fructose
corn syrup, cane juice, cane
sugar, sorbitol and molasses.
Only buy foods with very few
ingredients, all easy to pronounce
ingredients, or better
yet, don’t have any ingredients
to be listed because they’re in
their simplest, most natural
form already.
Taking processed sugars
out of your diet may sound like
a monumental task to take on,
but it only requires some habit
changes in the beginning.
Switching your breakfast from
donuts, sugary coffee drinks
and cereals (don’t even go down
those aisles at the grocery store,
if you can avoid it) to more
high protein and complex carbohydrate
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meals will leave you
feeling more satisfied, full and
energetic. I make sure to have
hard boiled eggs and cooked,
uncured (meaning no sugar
added) bacon in the fridge for
those mornings when I’m running
late and try to make extra
servings of my healthy dinners
of a meat, vegetables and fresh
fruit to pack up for lunch at
work. It may take a little more
planning, but you will be surprised
at how great you will feel
by just dropping processed sugar
from your diet.
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