10 Healthy Tips for Reducing Your Sugar Intake

Pointers for a Low-Sugar Diet

Cutting back on your sweets is not as simple as saying no to illegal drugs. While conscious about the health hazards of eating too much sugary food, you will almost always be tempted to taste just a 'teensy weensy' slice of that mouth-watering triple layer chocolate cake with M&M and Oreo bits on top that's sitting on the kitchen counter, your husband's surprise treat to your 8-year old boy. Here are 10 tips to make your sugar reduction undertaking a piece of cake (pun intended).

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Weight Loss Enemy

Can you guess what the worst weight loss enemy is? Well, Just look around in your kitchen, your fridge or food pantry. There's no doubt about it that the number 1 weight loss enemy is SUGAR.
Sugar is the form of carbohydrate. It includes the natural form such as fructose (found in fruits) or lactose (found in milk) and the refined form such as sucrose (found in processed food).
Studies have shown that nowadays Americans have consumed much more sugar than their grandparents did several decades ago. An average American consumes about 154 lbs of sugar every year. And the sugar is typically found in the soft drinks, process food/ packaged food, which is high in calories. As a result of excess sugar intake, it has the significant consequence; that is, sugar prevents people from weight loss.

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