How to Stop Eating Sugar
The New York Times has posted a great article about all the sneaky ways our food industry adds sugar into our diets. Below is the link directly to the full article, but I have summarized some basic parts using direct quotes. Enjoy!
"The first thing to know: Added sugars, of one kind or another, are almost everywhere in the modern diet. They’re in sandwich bread, chicken stock, pickles, salad dressing, crackers, yogurt and cereal, as well as in the obvious foods and drinks, like soda and desserts."
Breakfast
"Breakfast is the most dangerous meal of the day for sugar... In Chobani Strawberry Yogurt, for example, the second ingredient — ahead of strawberries! — is evaporated cane sugar."
Beverages
"That may sound extreme, but sweetened beverages are by far the biggest source of added sugar in the American diet — 47 percent, according to the federal government."
Pantry
"Food makers sneak sugar into more foods than you may realize. It’s in many brands of chicken stock, soup, salami, smoked salmon, tortillas and crackers. And most of these foods do not need sweeteners to taste good. The Trump administration has made the “added sugars” line voluntary, however, so you may also need to look at the full ingredient list next to the Nutrition Facts table, to figure out whether a food has an added sweetener."
Sauce
"Other than breakfast, sauces and toppings are the biggest stealth sugar risk. Two of the four biggest ingredients in Heinz Ketchup are sweeteners. The biggest ingredient in many barbecue sauces is high fructose corn syrup."
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