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Lose the Sugar to Lose the Weight
June 29th, 2009
Foods That Can Help Me Lose Weight.
We humans, as a race, have been blessed by having a keen sense of taste. That sense means we can tell the difference between things that are sweet, salty, acid and sour. In our ancestors’ days this meant they stood a good chance of staying alive and not eating any poisonous plants, which tended to be sour to the taste. As we have evolved into our 21st century civilization, this blessing has also become a curse to millions of people who have become overweight because of our liking for things that taste sweet.
Because of this preference for sweet tasting foods, the food industry is falling over itself to ensure that their stuff tastes sweet. This has led to the fact that refined sugar or sugar substitutes are present in nearly all processed or pre-packaged foods these days. It’s not because the food industry has your best interests at heart, either. They’re certainly not interested in helping you to lose weight. It’s all because this is how they can sell you more of their products.
If you want to lose weight but are still eating and drinking foods and beverages that are loaded with sugar or sugar substitutes, then its time to take stock of your diet. It is now law that all packaged foods and drinks must be correctly labelled with their ingredients as well as nutritional information. What it doesn’t yet do is force the industry to tell you exactly how much refined sugar or sugar substitutes are in those foods and drinks.
Sugar is a combination of several substances that the body can digest, but the main ones that dieters need to be interested in are sucrose, fructose, and glucose. Sucrose comes in several forms, but the most common is white, refined sugar. This is produced predominantly from the raw, sweet black molasses that are found in sugar cane. Fructose and glucose are the result of the breakdown of sucrose and are more easily assimilated into the body.
In food, sugar can take one of two major forms. The first is intrinsic sugars, which are the natural fruit sugars contained within the cell structure of the food itself and is naturally found in fresh fruits and vegetables. The second is extrinsic sugars which are not found within the cell structure of the food itself and include two groups. These are milk sugars which are found in milk and milk products such as cheese, butter and yoghurt. The other is the one that should interest those actively trying to lose weight. They are known as non-milk extrinsic sugars which are added to food. It is these added sugars that cause the majority of weight gain and obesity in the Western diet.
Sugar that is added to food has many names, which is a deliberate method of labelling designed to throw most average people off the scent. It can be labelled as sugar, sucrose, dextrose, dextrin, honey, maple syrup, corn syrup, molasses, fruit juice concentrate, modified corn starch, or just plain sweetener. Recognise some of them? Sure you do!
If you want to lose weight, you need to avoid or at least cut back drastically on foods and drinks with any of these ingredients printed on the label. If you need sweet things, try to develop a taste for fresh fruit as the sugars in these are a whole lot better for you than the other kind!
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