Here’s an exercise worth trying out: over the course of a week, make a note of everything that you eat and drink, whether consumed as part of a meal or in isolation. While putting that list together, also note the sugar content of any food or drink you consume. Once the week finishes, calculate your total sugar intake for each day. If your daily average exceeds nine teaspoons … [Read more...]
“Kungfu Fighter, Hidden Sugar” Ad From Singapore Wants You To Cut Down Sugar
For the first time, Singapore government is launching a Lunar New Year Kungfu series, "Kungfu Fighter, Hidden Sugar", that reminds us to eat in moderation this festive season. In support of the Let's Beat Diabetes campaign, the action-packed series takes an innovative multi-platform approach to reach the masses. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TmNCt1N9_4 The TV … [Read more...]
17 Superfoods for Relieving Stress and Lifting Your Mood
No one is immune to stress. Stress takes its toll not only on our nervous system, but also on our overall health and social life. On the other hand stress is part of modern day life and we cannot expect that this will change any time soon. This, while being completely stress-free is mostly unrealistic, we can and should do everything possible to help ourselves deal with stress … [Read more...]
8 Signs You’re Eating Too Much Sugar
Here's what can happen when you're regularly getting more than 10 percent of your daily calories from added sugar, the upper limit recommended by the USDA. The sugar connection: When you eat refined carbs (including the sweet stuff we're focusing on), your blood sugar rises and your body reacts by releasing inflammatory messengers called cytokines. Your body is now in an … [Read more...]
56 Tricky Names for Sugar Hiding in Your Food
As health conscious individuals, we should be trying to cut as much refined sugar out of our lives as possible. Unfortunately, the majority of Americans still don’t know the truth about how much sugar they are consuming and how deadly it is. The main reason for this is that most sugars we consume are in processed foods, so we never even know that we are consuming … [Read more...]
This Interactive Tool Shows You What Sugar Is Doing To Your Body
Sugar – you add it to your morning cup of coffee or tea; bake it into pastries, cakes, and cookies. You even sprinkle it all over your breakfast cereal or your oatmeal for added "flavor." Sugar is also hidden in some beloved "treats" that people consume on a daily basis, such as sodas, fruit juices, candies, and ice cream. It also lurks in almost all processed foods, … [Read more...]
