Sugar by any other name is... still sugar.

The next time you're thinking about buying or eating something that comes in a package take a good look at the label.

In Canada, ingredients are listed in order of weight. To avoid having sugar listed as the first ingredient, manufacturers have cleverly found ways to mislead us by adding a combination of DIFFERENT sweeteners. The reality is that it's all sugar!

Here are some of the many names for sugar:

• sugar
• brown sugar
• fructose
• high-fructose corn syrup
• honey
• molasses

Big culprits for misleading labelling... have a look the ingredients on your box of cereal. Let me know what cereal you're looking at and which sugars it contains.

Want to Lose Weight?

Sugar, along with fat and salt, make food taste good but they also make you crave more sugar, fat and salt! The result: you will end up eating more than your body needs and you will gain weight! Want to lose weight? Start by eliminating sugar from your life.

For more info on what to eat and what to buy at the grocery store see Food - Grocery Shopping Made Simple

~ Erica Jensen, Fit Musician

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