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Written by Navneet Kaur, M.Sc. Nutrition & Dietetics
Diet
You might be eating a lot of sugar every day without even knowing it, because sugar is easily hidden in many common foods we eat.
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It is sugar added to foods during processing, and you don’t always taste it, like in bread, sauces and snacks.
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Because it can cause weight gain, tiredness, skin problems and long-term risks like diabetes and heart disease.
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Packaged foods like instant noodles, salad dressings, ketchup, and flavoured yogurt often have added sugar to make the taste good, but harm your health.
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When you eat a lot of sugar, your body starts asking for more, and you get stuck craving sweets all the time, making it hard to stop.
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Soft drinks, fruit juices, energy drinks and even some flavoured teas are full of sugar, giving extra calories and causing sudden energy drops.
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Look at food labels for words like sucrose, glucose, corn syrup and fructose, as they’re all added sugar and can add up fast.
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Fruits have natural sugar and are healthy because they’ve fiber and vitamins, but added sugar in processed food doesn’t help your body at all.
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You don’t need to stop sugar suddenly, just start by drinking more water, choosing unsweetened snacks, and cooking at home to control sugar in your food.
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Start watching for hidden sugar, avoid too many sugary drinks and snacks, eat more fresh food and take small steps to cut down sugar for a healthier life.
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