Category: Junk Food

  • Sugar Cravings

    Why do people get sugar cravings? I have discovered that sugar is addictive. I try to eat less than the daily recommended amount of sugar, by not purchasing sugary products. My CLIF Builder bars have 23g each, so I limit myself to eating only one bar per day. So there’s no room for sugar in…

  • 3 harmful foods to avoid

    3 harmful foods to avoid are: flavored yogurt containing high-fructose corn syrup, modified corn starch, or added sugar, cereals, and bread and cakes Yogurts to Avoid The ingredients label on a blueberry Danone Activia yogurt, for example, lists ingredients comprising: Skim milk, sugar (11 g), cream, water, blueberries, modified corn starch, skim milk powder, milk…

  • Processed foods list

    Our processed foods list helps you to avoid eating foods that will produce insulin in your body. Insulin converts 25% of the calories you consume into fat cells in your body. Insulin prevents you from burning all of the calories you consume each day. As a result, you feel hungry and you feel the need…

  • Effects of sugar on the body

    The effects of sugar on the body are multi-fold. What does “Added sugar” mean? Any sugar added in preparation of foods, either at the table, in the kitchen or in the processing plant. This may include sucrose, high fructose corn syrup and others; these are all processed sugars. http://sugarscience.ucsf.edu/glossary.html#.WP_NFIjyuUl The problem with processed sugar , regardless of…

  • Recommended Sugar Intake

    The recommended sugar intake is 6 teaspoons of sugar per day. 6 teaspoons of sugar is about 25 grams of sugar per day.  The health benefits, according to the WHO’s Sugars intake for adults and children Guideline, of reducing sugar intake include …   Some causes of sugar cravings are … Sources of sugar include seemingly…