Great Healthy Tips:

Cut Back on Sugar (Especially Added Sugars) — Hidden sugars are found in bread, sauces, and snacks. Reduce sugar to avoid blood sugar spikes and weight gain.

Sugar is addictive. Not so much sugar by the spoonful, but where it’s hidden. No question it adds to the tastes of certain foods. If it didn’t we could easily refrain from eating it. I know people who are addicted to sugary products. If they had the willpower to stop at one small piece, one chocolate, or a small piece of cake or pie once a week, they’d be successfully managing their craving for sugar. It’s hard. For me, it’ a zero – sum contest. I flat out stay away from it. I don’t have sugar or sugary products in my house . Yet, I can’t keep it out of my life. I find some form of sugar in many products. Do a sugar audit. Try this: Every time you eat something you know has lots of sugar, make a note of it. Do it for a week. After one week, look at your data. If you, for example, ate sugary products 20 times during the weeik try to cut back by 20% for a couple of weeks. That should not be difficult. You’re only cutting back to 16. Then try to cut back 20% from you new baseline if 16. That should not be difficult. You’ll only be cutting back to 13 (actually 3.2 but we’ll round off). You might surprise yourself at the gains you make especially on your waist line.