All this talk about Sugar ... what do we mean by sugar??

This might be a silly question: what do we mean by sugar? 

Duh, right?! 

Candy, cookies, brownies, soda, table sugar.. 

But did you know that to your body eating an apple is just the same as drinking a can of soda? 
And eating a piece of whole grain bread is just like eating a cookie? In fact, bread can cause a greater spike in insulin than many candy bars! 

Any carbohydrate is converted by your body into sugar - or glucose - of course in different amounts ... a cookie has way more sugar than a carrot, obviously. 
And when  your body has glucose coming in it needs to take care of it in one way or another. Your body will either 1) use it as energy or 2) store it away as fat.

What does this mean for me, right?! 

Well, what that means is that any carb source is a source of sugar. We are talking bread, pasta, broccoli, bananas, soda or juice. And when there is too much sugar, or glucose, in your bloodstream your body will store the excess as fat. 

But I don't want fat! 

Exactly. That's why everyone and their sister is talking about cutting out the sugar these days! It is one of the best, if not THE best, way to lose unwanted fat. 

So what should we do? 

My best advice for someone with a fat loss goal is to primarily eat veggies as your carb sources if you're really serious. Veggies have very little carbs, which means that your body won't have very much glucose in your bloodstream to use as fuel. This forces your body to use the stored glucose - or your unwanted fat - as fuel! This means that meat and fat are your best friends. 

If you have already taken out cereals or sugary coffee drinks or flavored yogurts, you're ahead of the game! Sugar lurks everywhere. See where else it might be hiding! Look at any nutrition label and focus on the Total Carbohydrates. If you divide the number by 4, that will give you the number of teaspoons of sugar per serving. That's a better visual than grams for most of us. 

Doing this is so much more effective than running on a treadmill for hours or doing 1000 sit-ups. You'll turn your body into a fat-burning machine by removing these sources of sugar! 

Hooray for burning fat!  

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