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Natural Sugars Are Still Sugars, But Here’s the Importance Difference
Sugar has come under fire lately. We’ve been told to eat less of it, to lower our sugar intake, for our health because it can have negative effects on our weight and put us at risk for things like cardiovascular disease and cancer.
5 Ways To Lower Your Sugar Intake But Still Have Dessert
If you want to be your healthiest self, reducing your intake of sugar is a must. The average American consumes 17 teaspoons of added sugar every day — which comes out to about 57 pounds of added sugar in one year.
5 Foods That Are Surprisingly High in Sugar
If you’re trying to limit sugar, it can be tricky to figure out all the places it’s showing up in your diet, but reading labels at the grocery store is a good place to begin.
I'm A Sweets Addict. These 5 Teas Help Satisfy My Sugar Cravings
Like clockwork, my sweet tooth likes to kick it just as I am cleaning up after dinner every night. Sometimes I ignore it, but more often than not it’s too loud to be ignored.
Added vs. Natural Sugar: What’s the Deal?
Have you noticed some changes to the nutrition labels on some of your favorite packaged foods—the calorie number is bigger, the serving size is more realistic (who eats half a cookie? Come on!), the grams of added sugar are listed, and more?
How to (Realistically) Reduce Sugar Every Day
There are so many different approaches to food these days, and everyone seems convinced that theirs is the best. Keto, vegan, vegetarian, paleo—ask anyone who loves their eating style and they’ll happily evangelize to you about why it’s the only right way.
How to Deal With Holiday Sugar Temptation (Without Being a Total Grinch)
We asked experts for their best tips on avoiding this most sugary of seasons without being a total Grinch. Here’s what they had to say.
Get a Jump Start on Your New Year’s Goal
It’s only part way through December and we’re already feeling it—that drag from too many holiday cookies and sweet cocktails. What’s getting us through? Knowing that come January 1, we can start cleaning up our diets, especially reducing sugar consumption.
5 Better-for-You Sweeteners to Use Instead of Sugar
If there’s one thing health experts can agree on, it’s that sugar isn’t doing your health any favors. But breaking the habit can be tough. And, well, sometimes you just want something sweet. We get it, and while we still don’t recommend scarfing down the whole tray of cupcakes (sorry), we can get behind using one of these healthier sugar alternatives.
I Gave Up Sugar For a Week: Here’s What Happened
I know sugar is not my friend—and usually I’m pretty good about keeping it in check. But despite my best intentions, sometimes my intake creeps up on me (#thestruggleisreal).
Take That, Sugar Cravings
Sweet cravings—we don’t have to tell you how powerful they can be. It’s bad enough we’re surrounded by sweets all day, from the office cupcake party to the restaurant dessert menu (jeez, even seemingly healthy food products are a minefield); the taste of sugar makes us crave more and we feel powerless against the draw of sugar.
2 Easy Ways to Feel Better Today
There’s no end of complicated diets, juice fasts and other plans promising to help you feel your best. But sometimes the simplest approach is the recipe for success.
Sound Bites: How To Rock Your Workout & Why To Love Chocolate, Nuts and Strawberries Even More
How to enhance your next workout; more news on strawberries, nuts, and dark chocolate; and new studies on how sugar can increase cancers.
How Many Calories Are in That Halloween Trick-or-Treat Bag?
The answer will astound you! Here's what to do to counterbalance the sugariest day of the year
During Halloween, most adults consume about 3 pounds of candy, and kids scarf up 3 cups of sugar; here are 5 ways to counteract all that unhealthy snacking.