What’s the Difference Between A No Sugar Diet, Low Sugar Diet or A Sugar Free Diet ?
Removing sugar from your diet can benefit your health in more ways than you may have imagined possible.
But how much difference will it make to your health if you choose a no sugar diet, a low sugar diet or a totally sugar free diet?
First of all, do you really understand the following;
- How much sugar is in your diet already?
- How much sugar is in the foods you buy?
- The actual damage sugar causes to your body every day?
You’ve probably been told it for years, ever since you were a kid. Your parents, grandparents and your dentist all told you the same thing and they were right to tell you but they probably didn’t know just how right they were.
“Too much sugar is bad for you” or “Too much sugar is bad for your teeth” etc, etc.
The thing is they were absolutely right to tell you this but (apart from the dentist) I doubt they really knew just how bad the sugar was for you because if they did they’d quite probably have never let you anywhere near the stuff.
Study authors analyzed data from a nutritional trends survey that tracked U.S. sugar consumption from 1988 to 2010. They also looked at mortality rates from cardiovascular disease—scarily, the number one killer of both men and women. Their conclusion: Just one 12-ounce can of soda a day added enough sugar to a person’s diet to boost their odds of developing heart disease by a third. Don’t drink soda? The results still apply to you: The researchers found a link between obtaining more than 15 percent of your daily calories from sugar-infused processed foods and a greater likelihood of heart disease. So if you’re consuming 2,000 calories a day, that means that you should be taking in no more than 300 calories from processed foods that contain the sweet stuff. (1)
You may want to read part of that again;
“The researchers found a link between obtaining more than 15 percent of your daily calories from sugar-infused processed foods and a greater likelihood of heart disease”
Sugar-infused processed foods are so readily available at the supermarket that it may seem almost impossible to actually avoid consuming foods without sugars. In fact, it takes dedication and careful thinking to avoid these types of food because the supermarket shelves are abundant with them.
And thanks to clever marketing in the TV ads that you see for foods labeled as “healthy” and “low fat” are actually loaded with sugar. Low fat does mean low sugar, it simply means “low fat” and that’s why so many people are fooled in to buying foods that are loaded with hidden sugars.
But I’ll let you in to a simple little secret that will make it SO easy for you to switch to a sugar free diet or a low sugar diet.
All you need to do is look at the ingredients on the food label and if sugar is mentioned as one of the first 5 main ingredients then simply put it back on the shelf. Now that may sound like a really simple rule to follow when you’re trying to cut down on the amount of sugar you consume but when you put this in to action you’ll find yourself putting back most of the foods you’d usually buy.
But maybe one of the most surprising isles of the supermarket is the breakfast cereal isle. This is where the marketing department works its magic and targets your kids so they get you to buy them the cereal that has the best ad on TV, the brightest box/packaging or the free gift inside.
Trust me, if your child wants a cereal based on any of the above then you really need to read the sugar content on the box. It will shock, you. 90% of cereals do not fit in to the no sugar or low sugar category. And a is pretty much just wishful thinking because the breakfast cereal is a huge industry that’s worth $9.4 Billion per year in the USA with a lot of that money being spent on kids cereals.
In fact if you wanted to go then you’d be best to stay away from cereals altogether and eat something different.
So Trying To Be Sugar Free Just Requires A Little Discipline
Actually that’s all it takes to reduce the amount of sugar that you consume. It may seem strange at first because all of the foods that you’re used to buying will suddenly fall in to the category of “sugar-laiden” but your waistline and your health will quickly benefit from the changes you make.
You can find lots of help online about and how easy they are to follow and I would highly recommend that you look in to this further and the sooner the better because every day that you continue to load you body with foods that have hidden sugars in them is another day that you’re actually killing your body from the inside.
Don’t delay, try eating foods that are either low in sugar or that have no sugar in them at all. It’s easier than you think.
External sources: 1 http://www.womenshealthmag.com/nutrition/dangers-of-sugar
