Eat Fewer Foods with Added Sugar

Want to make a dietary change that will help you feel better, look better, and perform better?  Start by minimizing (or avoiding) foods with added sugar.

By reducing or eliminating foods with added sugar from your diet, you will eat fewer carbs.  This strategy, combined with increasing your protein consumption, can lower your calorie intake and optimize hormones that regulate fat burning.

Added sugars are sugars and syrups that are added to foods or beverages when they are processed or prepared.  They are listed in food labels under a wide variety of names, including corn syrup, dextrose, fructose, sucrose, and — of course — sugar, to name just a few.  This does not include naturally occurring sugars such as those in milk and fruits.

Added sugars, which are sprinkled on and processed into packaged foods and beverages, have become all too common in the American diet, says the American Heart Association. The group argues that sugar bingeing is helping drive the uptick in metabolic changes in the American population, including the exploding obesity rate (U.S. News and World Report).

Added sugars are commonly found in foods and beverages, such as:

• regular soft drinks, energy drinks, and sports drinks
• candy
• cakes
• cookies
• pies and cobblers
• pastries, sweet rolls, and doughnuts
• fruit drinks
• dairy desserts

Check your food labels.  If the foods you usually eat contain added sugar, especially as one of the first few ingredients listed, consider it a red flag.  You can do better by choosing a healthier alternative.

Already doing a good job avoiding foods with added sugars?  The next step is reducing your consumption of refined grains, such as white bread, white rice, etc.

Get STRONGER, Get FASTER!

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7 Surprising Reasons to Give Up Sugar

I recently read an interesting article in Rodale News, and thought it was worth sharing.  The article discusses how “Food manufacturers pump excess sugar into an array of foods—even “health foods”—creating catastrophic health results,” and encourages readers to “Learn where this type of sneaky sugar hides, along with these surprising sugar side effects.”  Ultimately, sugar makes you fat.

Please read 7 Surprising Reasons to Give Up Sugar.  Reducing your sugar consumption can improve your health, fitness, and overall wellness — and it all starts with awareness.

Get STRONGER, Get FASTER!

Your thoughts?

Eat Fewer Foods with Added Sugar

Want to make a dietary change that will help you feel better, look better, and perform better?  Start by minimizing (or avoiding) foods with added sugar.

By reducing or eliminating foods with added sugar from your diet, you will eat fewer carbs.  This strategy, combined with increasing your protein consumption, can lower your calorie intake and optimize hormones that regulate fat burning.

Added sugars are sugars and syrups that are added to foods or beverages when they are processed or prepared.  They are listed in food labels under a wide variety of names, including corn syrup, dextrose, fructose, sucrose, and — of course — sugar, to name just a few.  This does not include naturally occurring sugars such as those in milk and fruits.

Added sugars, which are sprinkled on and processed into packaged foods and beverages, have become all too common in the American diet, says the American Heart Association. The group argues that sugar bingeing is helping drive the uptick in metabolic changes in the American population, including the exploding obesity rate (U.S. News and World Report).

Added sugars are commonly found in foods and beverages, such as:

• regular soft drinks, energy drinks, and sports drinks
• candy
• cakes
• cookies
• pies and cobblers
• pastries, sweet rolls, and doughnuts
• fruit drinks
• dairy desserts

Check your food labels.  If the foods you usually eat contain added sugar, especially as one of the first few ingredients listed, consider it a red flag.  You can do better by choosing a healthier alternative.

Already doing a good job avoiding foods with added sugars?  The next step is reducing your consumption of refined grains, such as white bread, white rice, etc.

Get STRONGER, Get FASTER!

Your thoughts?

7 Surprising Reasons to Give Up Sugar

I recently read an interesting article in Rodale News, and thought it was worth sharing.  The article discusses how “Food manufacturers pump excess sugar into an array of foods—even “health foods”—creating catastrophic health results,” and encourages readers to “Learn where this type of sneaky sugar hides, along with these surprising sugar side effects.”  Ultimately, sugar makes you fat.

Please read 7 Surprising Reasons to Give Up Sugar.  Reducing your sugar consumption can improve your health, fitness, and overall wellness — and it all starts with awareness.

Get STRONGER, Get FASTER!

Your thoughts?