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1 A Reader Recipe: Grain- and Sugar-Free Cocoa Cakes
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2 What Do You Know About Hidden Sugars?
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3 Glycemic Index: Where Do Sweeteners Fall?
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4 Who You Calling Sugar?
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5 Fruits With the Highest and Lowest Sugar Content
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6 Is Agave Nectar Healthier Than Sugar?
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7 10 Ways to Cut Back on Sugar
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8 High-Fructose Corn Syrup vs. Sugar
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9 Your Sweet Tooth Could Hurt Your Heart
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10 Are You Addicted to Sugar?
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11 Is White Sugar Really THAT Bad For Me?
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12 Sugar Causes Wrinkles
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13 Why the Remove Cleanse and Detox Is Worth Doing
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14 Put Down That Can: Diet Soda May Increase Stroke Risk
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15 Nutritional Comparison: 5 Sugar-Free, All-Natural Sodas
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17 Healthy Eating Tip: Limit Your Added Sugar Intake to 40 Grams
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18 Speak Up: Tricks For Cutting Down on Sugar
Whether you're following the Paleo diet or just looking for a treat that is grain- and sugar-free, you'll love this cocoa cake recipe from reader pure2raw. They posted it in the Healthy Recipes community group. Looking for the easiest cake ever to make? Check out our grain- and sugar-free cocoa cherry cakes! It only requires a few ingredients, too. It will become your new favorite cake recipe! Read more
According to researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, sugar is as dangerous as alcohol and tobacco. And just like other legal vices, they think regulators should put restrictions on its sale and availability by taxing any processed foods that have added sugar, including soda, some juices, chocolate milk, and sugared cereal, as well as proposing age limits when it comes to Read more
You know you're getting into the holiday spirit when the movie Elf is on repeat in your DVD player. If this is the case, let's just hope you aren't influenced by Will Ferrell's bad dietary habits, which include copious amounts of candy, candy canes, candy corn, and syrup! We may not be guzzling down bottles of syrup, but when confronted with tables full of cookies, candies, chocolates, and Read more
From sodas to breakfast cereals loaded with more sugar than a Twinkie, sugar — and large amounts of it — can be found in almost every element of the American diet. Sugary foods raise blood sugar levels, but the levels quickly drop, signaling our brains to crave more sugar. Naturally occurring sugars are much healthier choices since they are found in fruit and dairy products, which also Read more
It's not exactly easy to eat healthy — conscientious eating requires a lot of knowledge about what's in your food, not to mention the need to read labels more carefully than most people do. We should all be mindful of how much fat, salt, sugar, and calories we take in, but it's important to weigh these with your own history and nutrition goals (a recent study, for example, found that too much Read more
We are pumped to share one of our favorite stories from Health.com here on our site. By Julie Upton, RD I've been reading a lot from both popular press and scientific publications about how certain craveable foods, such as those that include sugar, fat, or a combination of both (e.g. ice cream, chocolate, and most desserts) may cause druglike responses in our brain. Animal-model research shows Read more
A healthy way to satisfy your sweet tooth is to enjoy a piece of fresh fruit — either by itself, with yogurt, or added to a smoothie or shake. While some fruit can be high in sugar, if you are active and healthy, having too much fructose (the sugar from fruit) doesn't need to be a concern of yours. However, if you have (or are at risk of getting) diabetes, your fruit intake should be monitored Read more
It's tempting to go for a diet soda when you're craving something sweet and don't want to consume extra calories, but with research linking diet soda to weight gain, it might be time to reach for an alternative. We looked at five popular beverages that claim their sodas are pure, "sugar-free," and natural. Here's what we found, so you can make a better choice the next time you are cracking one Read more
It's an endless cycle: satiating your salt and sugar cravings can end up with you just wanting more. Once our taste buds get used to sugary or salty foods, it's hard to cut back. Since most of us are eating way more than the recommended daily values for sugar (six teaspoons of added sugar a day) and salt (1500 to 2300 mg a day) — not to mention the sugar and salt levels hiding in processed Read more
We know that too much sugar can increase our risk of obesity and diabetes, but while you may have stopped adding that teaspoon of sugar to your coffee and cut back on your afternoon candy run, many not-so-obvious foods are chock-full of hidden sugars. Anything from bagels to flavored yogurt can contain a high amount of added sugars. What do you know about these empty calories? Take this quiz to Read more
