The three vices #2 Suger. Most adults and children in the UK eat too much sugar. Cut down by eating fewer sugary foods, such as sweets, cakes and biscuits, and drinking fewer sugary soft drinks.How much sugar is good for me?Sugars occur naturally in foods such as fruit and milk, but we don't need to cut down on these types of sugars. Sugars are also added to a wide range of foods, such as sweets, cakes, biscuits, chocolate, and some fizzy drinks and juice drinks. These are the sugary foods that we should cut down on. **Remember if its advertised as "low fat or reduced fat" i.e some type of yogurt or drink, then its usually got a much higher sugar content than the original product" These tips can help you cut down: *Instead of sugary fizzy drinks and juice drinks, go for water or unsweetened fruit juice (remember to dilute these for children to further reduce the sugar). *If you like fizzy drinks, try diluting fruit juice with sparkling water. *Swap cakes or biscuits for a currant bun, scone or some malt loaf with low-fat spread. *If you take sugar in hot drinks or add sugar to your breakfast cereal, gradually reduce the amount until you can cut it out altogether. *Rather than spreading jam, marmalade, syrup, treacle or honey on your toast, try a low-fat spread, sliced banana or low-fat cream cheese instead. *Check nutrition labels to help you pick the foods with less added sugar, or go for the low-sugar version. *Try halving the sugar you use in your recipes – it works for most things except jam, meringues and ice cream. *Choose tins of fruit in juice rather than syrup. *Choose wholegrain breakfast cereals, but not those coated with sugar or honey. Like the post? need a few more tips? check out the Superfood blogs for some ideas, please click the like button & share comments to your facebook page.
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