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5 Ways To Reduce Sugar In Your Diet

4/12/2013

 
Are you one of the many North Americans that are consuming too much sugar on a daily basis?  The average person is eating 26 teaspoons of sugar each and every day.  Wow, that is a lot of sugar!
  
Some of the sugar that is being taken into the body is refined and therefore is empty calories that robs the body of essential nutrients.  This sugar is easily absorbed and goes into the bloodstream in amounts that the body is not prepared to handle, causing wear and tear as the body struggles to maintain metabolic balance.


Here are 5 swaps you can do to help you reduce the sugar content in your diet:

  1. Have Salsa in place of Ketchup - the salsa we make at home has no added sugar.
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0 added sugar
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1 Tablespoon has 1 teaspoon of added sugar
  2.  Have Water (plain or add fruit slices ~ lemons, oranges, raspberries, etc.) in place of artificial drinks like pop/soda.
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No added processed sugar - Just fruits
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12 ounces has approx. 10 tsp of sugar added
   3.  Have Plain Greek Yogurt with fruit added (blueberries, raspberries, etc) in place of yogurt with fruit already in it.
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Plain ~ approx. 1 tsp of added sugar but has added protein! Added organic fruit puts in some fiber too!
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Some yogurts have more than 7 tsp of sugar added!! Check the labels!
   4.  Have Frozen fruit instead of ice cream.  
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Put any fruit into the freezer and freeze. Then put one or any combination (be creative) into a food processor or blender and mix it up until it is ice cream consistency! Yum
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Can be 7 teaspoons or more of sugar for 1 cup!
    5.  Use Avocado instead of mayonnaise.
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Amazing health benefits with Avocado
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1/2 tsp of sugar along with a high amount of sodium!
There are so many different substitutions you can make for the not so good for you products.  Be creative and include the rest of your family in trying to come up with different ways to decrease the sugar content in your meals and snacks!

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