The No.1 Healthy Eating Habit That Guarantees Diet Success
By Celia Westberry
An
over load of dietary sugar is the big player in obesity, stomach and
hormonal disorders, belly fat, arthritis, asthma, bone health and diabetes.
The word is out that Americans are eating 20 teaspoons a day of liquid candy
in the form of soda pop. 1 in 5 children are obese and the probable reason is
lack of knowledge of healthy eating.
You can learn to develop awareness of how much sugar you eat. Sugar is
ubiquitous and can masquerade as healthy eating. How many sodas do you drink
per day? How many teaspoons of sugar do you put in every cup of coffee? What
is the sugar content of your energy bar? Do you eat milk chocolate or dark?
Dark has less sugar and more antioxidants. A client of mine stopped drinking
sodas and lost 7 lbs in 2 weeks. He did not change anything else in his
diet. Healthy eating habits can make you a winner!
Sugar is usually disguised as high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup and any
word ending in ‘ose’ like maltose. If the first or second items on the food
label are sugar, then the product is mostly sugar. So reading labels is
critical for healthy eating. Prepared and convenience food is loaded with
hidden sugar. It sneaks into bottled sauces and prepared grocery store
meals. Reading labels gives you information about the grams of sugar and the
serving size. For instance, your favorite sauce serving size is 1 tbsp. and
equals 3g of sugar, but your recipe requires 1 cup of sauce, about 12
tablespoons. This is not healthy eating, because the sugar is unbalanced.
Because selling sugar products brings massive profits for multinational
corporations they are not going to change, so you must. Their silent slogan
is, "Let the people eat sugar!" So find ways to distract yourself. For
instance if you stop for coffee and doughnuts (mostly sugar because of white
flour) every morning, then find another route to work.
Take consistent focused action about managing sugar. Get rid of jams, jelly
and sugar goods in your pantry. Replace sugary snacks with nuts, seeds and
cheese. Tell yourself, "It feels good to carry and drink water."
Congratulate yourself for not succumbing to sugar-free drinks. And start
loving the healthy eating person you desire to be.
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Celia Westberry M.S is the author of
Eat Yourself Younger Effortlessly-
The
easy way to slow aging, feel great and look good.
She coaches people to
eat their best every day to be healthier, happier and more contented.
To get her free eBook: Secrets of Healthy Eating Revealed click:
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REVEALED at
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