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If you're trying to limit the amount of sugar you eat, then you need to learn the other names for sugar on food labels. Sugar comes in so many forms and goes by so many names that looking for sugar on a label can feel like finding a needle in a haystack! Fortunately, with a little bit of knowledge you'll quickly become an expert at recognizing hidden sugars on food labels and ... Continue Reading
This article puts together 7 effective techniques for quitting sugar gently by treating it as a personal experiment. If I’d told friends and family I was no longer going to eat, say, cashews, I’d have gotten little response from them. No big deal, they’d say. If you’re eating too many cashews, then stop. But almost three years ago, I quit sugar. It was a simple dietary vow, ... Continue Reading
The average American eats approximately 1,500 pounds of food every year. Of that, 160 pounds are primarily sugar. Sounds crazy, right? Most people don't even realize how much sugar they consume. Government did an amazing job in disguising the amount of sugar in products by requiring printing of nutritional information in grams. Most Americans have no idea how much ... Continue Reading
(BeWellBuzz) Sugar is an important element of our diet. There are various types of sugar derived from different sources. Some of the simple sugars, a.k.a. Monosaccharide, include glucose, fructose and galactose. The "regular" or white sugar that we use commonly in our food is sucrose, a disaccharide. Some of the other disaccharides include maltose and lactose. Some people ... Continue Reading
By Diana Herrington. I love sweet things. As a child I was addicted to white sugar and this caused many health problems. This is one reason I am always talking about real foods: foods that are whole, live and are balancing to the body. I try to find sugars in this category. Not all sugars are equal. Some are very good for you in small quantities. Many are less ... Continue Reading
