#Shakethesugarhabit Tip #1:
As you read your ingredient labels, look for hidden sugars. “A rose is a rose…” so sugar is sugar no matter the name attached. Here is a list of sugars called by a different name (begin eliminating the ones listed in bold from your food choices):
Anhydrous dextrose, brown sugar, cane crystals, cane sugar, corn sweetener, corn syrup, corn syrup solids, crystal dextrose, evaporated cane juice, fructose sweetener, fruit juice concentrates, high-fructose corn syrup, honey, liquid fructose, malt syrup, maple syrup, molasses, pancake syrup, raw sugar, sugar, syrup and white sugar, fructose, lactose and maltose, sugar alcohols, carbitol, diglycerides, disaccharides, erythritol, Florida crystals, fructooligosaccharides, galactose, glucitol, glucoamine, hexitol, inversol, isomalt, maltodextrin, malted barley, malts, mannitol, nectars, pentose, raisin syrup, ribose rice syrup, rice malt, rice syrup solids, sorbitol, sorghum, sucanat, sucanet, xylitol and zylose.
Did I miss any? Yes!! There are 100’s of different names for sugar on our ingredient lists. It takes diligence and commitment to avoid it. But we can do it! And just maybe, if we can’t pronounce it we shouldn’t eat it. Just a thought …
“It is not good to eat too much honey…” Proverbs 25:27
Don’t forget: Share your tips with us in the comment section below! I hope you’ve found a good book on overcoming your sugar addiction, I suggested several in yesterday’s post. Blessings!