If you want to look and feel younger, cut out sugar. Sugar makes you fat and may increase your risk of cancer. It ages your skin and causes wrinkles. In a process called glycation, sugar attacks collagen and elastin, both key proteins that make your skin look young. Glycation makes them less elastic and more brittle so they break. The skin can't snap back. That's when fine lines and wrinkles appear, and they don't go away. But it gets worse.
Collagen and elastin start to mutate, creating harmful new molecules called advanced glycation end products (AGEs). These build up and cause further inflammation and damage to collagen and elastin. Sugar actively ages you. Ditching sugar will make you look and feel 10 years younger.
To avoid sugar, you have to know where it hides. Here's where you're getting sugar -- probably without even knowing it:
Alcoholic beverages -- Alcohol hits your blood stream and is converted to sugar. Look at yourself after an alcohol binge. You'll see the ravages of sugar on your face.
Cow's milk -- Even skim milk has 14 grams of sugar. Add skim milk to raisin bran, and you're up to 20 grams of sugar. Replace cow's milk with unsweetened almond milk.
Yogurt -- Yogurts have up to 26 grams of sugar. You might as well eat a candy bar! Replace standard yogurt with Greek yogurt. Sprinkle some pistachios over it for a snack that is delicious and will fill you up.
Sweetened oatmeal -- Each serving of sweetened oatmeal can have around 13 grams of sugar. Get plain oatmeal and sweeten with Stevia and a little coconut oil and cinnamon. Add blueberries and you have a delicious perfectly balanced fat-burning breakfast.
Get rid of sugar-free juices, sodas and treats. They cause sugar cravings. A diet soda actually triggers your brain to grab for chips and other junk foods.
Don't ever allow sugar in your "clean" products like water, tea or coffee. These are necessities in life and should remain completely sugar-free.
Go to your kitchen and get rid of all simple sugars like candy, cookies, cakes, sodas and fat-free products (they are usually loaded with hidden sugar to flavor).
Buy fat-burning fruits like apples, berries and citrus to snack on.
Even scientists feel that sugar should be regulated like alcohol and cigarettes. You can read more about here.
Source : Huffingtonpost
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Oh...sugar, so good but so bad for you. Technically, a little bit of sugar is OK. But there's also a huge problem with keeping your glucose levels at relatively constant or at least low-fluctuating levels. I think that's why people don't like soda or don't advise to eat super sugary foods in the morning or randomly throughout the day because it causes insane spikes in your glucose levels. And when those levels come back down, it's pretty bad for your mood and your body. Love such an informative post! People really need to pay more attention to what they eat.inso
Hi Shelly,
Thanks for sharing. What you say is so true. Unfortunately, I have a sweet tooth and is trying to curb on that. ;P
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