You Docs: How to dodge hidden sugar found in “good for you” foods”
February 16, 2012
You Docs
Here in Sugar Nation, you down 70 pounds of added sugars each year. These are crammed into and hidden in the foods you think are good for you (flavoured oatmeal, many yogourts and fat-free and low-fat salad dressings) which fools you and fuels your addiction to sugar.
We You Docs know your body and brain need the sugar and carbs found naturally in foods — just not so much that it addicts your brain. We have been saying for a long time that you can be younger and healthier by eating no more than 4 grams of added sugars per hour. So while you’re on sugar patrol, looking to keep excess sweet out of your diet, here’s how to keep your RealAge young the You Docs way:
• Enjoy the sugar that’s naturally in foods such as fruit, veggies and 100 per cent whole grains.
• Be on nutritional label alert. If there is an added sugar in the first five ingredients on the label, avoid that product. Generally what’s in parentheses doesn’t count in the top five, but if the ingredient has an “-ose” in it, beware. Dextrose, sucrose, glucose and their aliases, molasses, HFCS (high fructose corn syrup, or corn sugar), honey, fruit juice concentrate, malt syrup, rice syrup and evaporated cane juice — all signs of sugar-loading.
And if strangers offer you candy, don’t accept. Counter with small portions of nuts, ¼ ounce portions of 70 per cent or more dark chocolate, and fruit like apples.
YouDocs Mehmet Oz and Mike Roizen are authors of YOU: Losing Weight. Order it at StarStore.ca. Submit questions and find more info at RealAge.com
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