All right so the water goal went well week before last, although now that I'm drinking more water, I'm also using the restroom more but it's nothing that I can't deal with. So as you may have noticed I didn't have a goal last week and that was because it was a crazy busy week. The goal this week is something I've been looking forward to, because for me so far I think it will be the hardest. My goal this week is to not eat anything with added sugar. You would be surprised by how many seemingly non offending foods have added sugar, like whole wheat breads, nonfat yogurt, and even ketchup. There are many different kinds of sugars, some are added to foods and some occur naturally in foods like fruit and milk. Three common kinds of sugar in our diet are fructose, which is in fruit; lactose, which is in milk; and sucrose, found in table sugar. I am focusing on added sugars because the main difference between naturally occurring sugars and added sugars are nutrient value. Naturally occurring sugars tend to be high in nutrients and low in calories while processed foods are low in nutrients and very high in calories.
Like I mentioned before added sugar can be hiding in seemingly healthy choices and nutrition labels don't make a distinction between naturally occurring sugar and added sugar, so in order to find added sugar you have to read the ingredients list which even then is tricky because there are so many different names for sugar.
Other names for added sugar include:
• Brown Sugar
• Corn Sweetener
• Corn Syrup
• Dextrose
• Fruit Juice Concentrates
• Glucose
• High-fructose Corn Syrup
• Honey
• Malt Syrup
• Molasses
• Raw Sugar
• Sucrose
• Sugar
• Syrup
So wish me luck this week will be a challenge for sure!
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