Sugar : The underrated sweet poison

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Sugar occurs naturally in all food items that contain carbohydrates. In fact they provide you with high amounts of fiber, minerals and antioxidants. Consuming whole foods that contain natural sugar is healthy. However when we consume too much of added sugar, that is the manufactured sugar which we buy and add to our daily food items, the boon turns into a curse.

A US based research has accounted added sugar for up to 17% of total calorie intake in adults and up to 14% for children. Experts believe that sugar consumption is a major cause of obesity and many other chronic diseases.

Many of us rely on quick processed foods for meals and snacks. Since these products often contain added sugar, it makes up for a large proportion of our daily calorie intake.

Through our busy schedules we ignore the quality of food that we consume and all our efforts to get that perfect body goes in vain.

Working out vigorously and consuming just about anything is pain going in vain. It is like taking in all the calories that you just sweated out.

Weight loss is an amalgamation of a rich in healthy and nutritious lifestyle and a simple daily workout. It requires you to avoid your favorite pizza and give up on that sweet tooth for a while. Saying YES to the greens makes the journey even fitter and easier.

However a sudden cut down in sugar can take you on a rollercoaster of mood swings. Therefore instead of completely cutting down on it you can reduce it little by little and replace it with its healthier supplements.

Reading food labels is one of the best ways to monitor your sugar intake. Avoid items that have brown sugar, honey, malt sugar corn syrup, molasses and various other sugar derivatives listed on them.

The best source of natural sugar is present in fruits and vegetables. Increasing the number of fruits in your diet is a good way to satisfy that sugar rush and staying healthy.

Therefore get your running shoes out and stick to your sugarless diet and see the difference that it makes this time when all the parameters are checked in place.


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