What Is White Sugar?
White sugar is that sweet crystalline substance obtained from various plants especially Sugar cane and Sugar beet, consisting essentially of sucrose, and used as a sweetener in food and hot drinks e.g tea.
White refined sugar is also found in;
Cakes
Pies
Fruit juices
Candy and so many other things that we crave every day.
Many people are addicted to white sugar and don’t even know it. I believe this addiction is the main reason people get belly fat. Many people don’t think they eat a lot of sugar because they don’t eat a lot of sweets like Cookies or Candy, but the problem is that sugar is hidden in many foods, including bread, muffins, and even dried fruit.
I believe sugar is toxic. It has no nutritional value, it’s highly addictive, and it makes you sick and fat.
Are you having a Panic attack right now just thinking about giving up sugar? You have to look at kicking the sugar habit as though you are ending an addiction. The key is to understand where your sugar is coming from and then find alternatives to eating so much sugar in your foods.
Sugar is measured in grams, and 4 grams of sugar equals one teaspoon. Your Coca-cola has 27 grams of sugar, that’s about 7 teaspoons of sugar in just one bottle. You can see how so many people end up ingesting so much sugar every day. I used to think I was eating a healthy breakfast by eat-ing oatmeal. However, it wasn’t regular oatmeal but the sweetened, flavored, instant oatmeal, like apple-cinnamon oatmeal, and it had about 20 grams of sugar per serving (5 teaspoons!), which is way too much.
As a guideline, the best way to minimize the amount of sugar in your diet is to choose foods that have 5 grams or less per serving.
When the drink or food item has 5 grams or less of sugar per serving size, the body doesn’t overreact to the sugar. This means your pancreas will not have to release too much insulin. (It’s excess insulin that causes belly fat in the body.)
To sweeten foods, it is always better to use stevia or some equivalent herbal sweetener rather than sugar. Stevia is a natural sweetener made from a plant native to South America and Central America. Other countries have been using stevia as a sugar substitute for several decades because it is virtually calorie-free and does not affect blood glucose, which makes it a great natural alternative to sugar and artificial sweeteners.
Sugar will cause belly fat and make you feel irritable, moody, and tired. It can cause numerous health problems, so commit to breaking your sugar addiction today!
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