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If food labels said “Sugar” it would be a cinch to figure out what foods to eliminate. That’s why the burden lies with us………………………. and Knowledge is Power!!!!

CODE WORDS FOR SUGAR

This list is just a Start and by no means inclusive!!

FRUCTOSE
AGAVE
DEXTROSE
CANE JUICE CRYSTALS, EXTRACT
CANE SUGAR
MOLASSES
FRUIT JUICE CONCENTRATE
FRUIT JUICE
SORBITOL
TURBINADO SUGAR
DEHYDRATED CANE JUICE
CORN SYRUP (OR HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP)
SUGAR
INVERT SUGAR
LACTOSE
MALTODEXTRIN
HONEY
MALTOSE
GLUCOSE
SUCANAT
BARLEY MALT

Regardless of how they spell it – ALL of the above are SUGAR!!!!

Sugar is a common ingredient in most processed foods, even if it doesn’t taste sweet. That’s why you need to check out the food label and be a “Label Detective”. Salad dressings, ketchup spaghetti sauce and peanut butter often contain some form of sugar. Despite the sugar not being listed in the top ingredients, it might have 2-4 different types of sugars included:☹

Don’t’get schnookered by the healthy packaging and how it screams out to you – instead do some sleuthing and check out the food label and ingredients as they always tell a different story.

Remember you are now “Armed and Dangerous” and ready to select the healthiest and best tasting food for you and your loved ones!!!

Ice Cream is the Hot Treat of the Summer Season and I wanted to give you the 411.

I love gelato – there I said it!!! I experienced Italian gelato while on vacation in Italy during the summer of 2006. And I was thrilled to discover that the delicious, creamy treat has significantly less calories, fat, and sugar than ice cream. Plus it tastes sooo much better than ice cream☺

I’d like to share with you the cold hard facts about ice cream………..remember knowledge is power!!! Life is about making choices – so here it is…………..

GELATO VS ICE CREAM

Chocolate per 100 gram

Coca Cola

12 oz (355 ml) Can

Sugars, total: 39g<NOBR>

Calories, total: 140Calories from sugar: 140

20 oz (590 ml) Bottle

Sugars, total: 65g

Calories, total: 240

Calories from sugar: 240

1 Liter (34 oz) Bottle

Sugars, total: 108g

Calories, total: 400

Calories from sugar: 400

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