Many of us, believe that sugar is just present in sweets, cookies, cakes, jams, desserts, ice creams, bottled fruit juices, soft drinks and other sweet foods...
... But, sugar is, basically, everywhere! Even in savory foods!
- Alcoholic drinks, like: beer
- Bread and processed bread, like: packed loaf bread
- Fast food burgers
- Commercial Granola, cereal and protein bars
- Canned fruit in syrup, like: pineapple, peach, etc
- Canned vegetables and grains, like: peas, corn, beans, etc
- Bottled Teas
- Commercial sauces, like: Ketchup, Mayonnaise, Soy, Barbecue, etc
- Commercial meat and chicken stocks
- Commercial Salad dressings
- Sports and Energy drinks
- Commercial Breakfast cereals
- Canned sausage
- Yogurt
- Bacon
- Frozen meals
- Commercial Peanut Butter
- Flavoured coffees
- Commercial non-dairy milks and drinks
- Packed and powered soups
- Canned tomato puree
- Baby canned foods
- Canned Salmon
- 0% Fat or Low-Fat products
- And many others
Many times, the sugar is under other names, in the labels, like:
- Corn Syrup
- Sugar Syrup
- Agave Syrup
- Glucose
- Sucrose
- Maltose
- Fructose
- Molasses
- Maltodextrin
- Lactose
- Dextrose
No wonder there are so many people suffering with Diabetes, Heart Disease, Obesity, and others.
How to avoid to eat so much sugar?
Fresh food. Eating fresh food and cooking fresh food as much as possible.
It's not so easy and fast, but treating a serious disease is not so easy and fast, either!
When buying packed, canned or bottled foods, always look for added sugar, in the labels.
How to deal with Sugar Cravings?
Eating foods with natural sugars, like:
How to deal with Sugar Cravings?
Eating foods with natural sugars, like:
- Medjool dates
- Fruits
- Fresh fruit juices
- Fresh smoothies
- Jelly without added sugar or low sugar
- Homemade popcorn popped with coconut oil and sprinkled with cinnamon
- Dark chocolate with high percentage of cacao and low sugar
- Reinette apples cooked in the oven just with orange juice and cinnamon
- Healthy non-bake brownies and cheesecakes (using dates instead of sugar) 23
- Store-bought 100% natural peanut butter and others nut butters
- Lupin beans
- Good sources of complex carbohydrates, like: grains, beans, whole wheat pasta, etc
- Healthy no-cook overnight oatmeal (my fav recipe)
- Small quantities of roasted and unsalted or lightly salted nuts and seeds
- Cake sweetened by ripe banana and apple
- More ideas and recipes here!
- Be creative :)
We can always make exceptions and eat our favourite decadent sweet, maybe during the weekends, or a couple of times a month.
But, should be exception, not the rule!
