6 tips to healthier sugar consumption

Most of us consume a lot of sugar, whether we know it or not. It’s in our fruit naturally, and there are high amounts of it in most processed foods. Here are some tips to make the consumption of sugar easier and healthier on your body.


Avoid processed foods with lots of sugar. Organic foods are always better than processed foods. Generally some processed foods do not contain large amounts of sugar, however if they do try to avoid them.


Eat fiber with your sugar. Fructose, or sugar, can’t tell you that you've consumed calories and that you don’t need to eat anymore. However adding Fiber to your diet can. Fruit is a good source to get both, and a healthier solution than processed foods.


Stop drinking sugary beverages. This probably is THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP TO HEALTHIER SUGAR CONSUMPTION. As mentioned already, with fructose, your body doesn’t recognize that you’ve consumed calories, so you can keep drinking and drinking soda and still feel hungry. Then sodas also have a lot of sodium, or salt, which adds nothing to the taste, but just makes you want to drink it more, because salt makes you thirsty. And the worst thing: there are absolutely no beneficial nutrients in most sodas.


Try not to keep sugar in your house. If you have a sweet-tooth, it’s pretty hard not to eat desserts if you have them. I LOVE chocolate and will eat it if it’s around, so I try not to keep it in my house. If you want some sweets, you have to work a little harder to get them, and you keep your sugar consumption low.


Don’t cut it out completely. Comfort food can be good for your mental health. If you love sweets, don’t cut them out all the way right away. If you want to cut sugars out completely, do it slowly. Sugar consumption is like the consumption of any chemical, and you can get dependent on it. Cutting it out of your diet is like cutting any substance addiction.


Get moving! They say that a 20-minute run is about equal to two thin mint cookies. Try to exercise as much as you consume.


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