How To Find Hidden Sugar In Your Diet(for more go to http://howpeopledo.com)

One of the most important things we must understand is how to find hidden sugar in our diets. You may think that sugar is mainly in processed, unhealthy foods but we may not even realise that hidden sugar may be in other foods that we consider healthy.

Hidden sugar can be added in many areas of the foods and drinks we consume.

For Example One of the main culprits – Fructose (Not in its natural form)

Fructose is mainly naturally found in fruit but can be added in many other forms of food. Such as high-fructose corn syrup, honey and table sugar. This is why you may have heard that fruit may be quite bad for you. But don’t worry. The overconsumption of fructose is the thing you have to look out for.

Excess sugar in our diets has been linked to the potential onset of Type 2 diabetes and other diseases.

Did you know, you are most likely consuming over 50grams of extra sugar per day the recommended?

No?

Let me break down an average diet of someone along with the sugar content throughout the day.

Meal Time	Foods Consumed	Amount Of Sugar
Breakfast	Crunchy Nut Cereal	40g
Lunch	Tuna White Wrap + Coffee with 1 sugar	42g
Dinner	Sweet and sour stir fry	20g
Snack	Ice Cream and Coke	68g

That’s a whopping 170grams of sugar. JUST SUGAR!!

See that coke as a snack? Now I dare you to grab some table sugar and fill 8 teaspoons of sugar and see what that looks like.

Here’s how you can find hidden sugar in your diet today         

1: Learn How To Read The Food Label

Learning how to read a food label is another article I will write-up very soon, but here is how to find hidden sugar in your food choices. Look at the nutrition label, and go to the Total Carbohydrate area. Underneath this, it will say sugar. There is a total of 17g of carbs ½ cup of this food. There is a huge total of 15g of sugar in the total 17g of carbs. That is an easy way to how to find hidden sugar in your diet.

2: Look for sugary ingredients

If any of the following names are on the food list, be very careful of consuming the food.

• High Fructose Corn Syrup
• Invert Sugar
• Brown Sugar
• Agave Sugar
• Maltose
• Mal Syrup
• Sucrose
• Syrup

There are more, but just be careful of these ones. Especially if the sugar amount is high on the nutrition label

How Can You Reduce sugar in your diet?

1: Cut down on sugary drinks

2: Be careful of the amount of fruit + high carbohydrate foods you have through the day. Have them in moderation.

3: Stick to plain Greek yoghurt, not flavoured options

4: Cut down on baked good and sweets

5: Read the nutritional labels ( Another article coming)

Hope This Helps!