#processed sugar

The Undiscerning Blanket Condemnation of Carbohydrate Foods, By Mukaila Kareem

…carb haters, please understand that the source matters, and try to distinguish between processed carbohydrates and starch because they are not the same. Glucose derived from digested starch is literally a nutrient of life, but this cannot be said about glucose ingested from the chronic consumption of soda drinks, fruit juices, cakes, cookies, desserts and other processed foods. As one who had…

9 Ways to Easily Reduce Sugar to Lose Weight

Fun fact: your body reacts to sugar the same way it reacts to cocaine. Sugar is addictive, and most of us eat way too much of it.

We humans aren’t entirely to blame. A chocolate chip cookie here, a frozen margarita with the girls there…those are obvious sugar-bombs. It’s the not so obvious culprits that sneak in when we aren’t thinking about it: the sugar hidden in sauces, dressings, savory…