It's the time of year when we make New Year's resolutions in the hope of enjoying a better life by changing our habits. So what’s the number #1 offender in our diets when it comes to sugar? Sugary drinks - including seemingly healthy fruit juices, breakfast drinks and smoothies.
The #1 low sugar New Year's resolution you could make is to drink less sugar.
Here's how:
When we think of sugar we tend to think about food, but some of the worst culprits are actually in liquid form.
If you’ve used our calculator you may have learnt that:
Remember, the World Health Organisation recommend an upper limit of 6 teaspoons of added sugar per day. So one of these drinks smashes your daily limit way out of the ballpark!
Look out for apparently healthy smoothies as well - they often contain high levels of fruit juice, concentrates or even ice cream.
If you drink a lot of sugary drinks, cutting back can lead to a lot of sugar cravings and that is really tough. Ways to deal with this include drinking lots of water so you stay hydrated, and replacing a non sugary drink instead. Unsweetened tea or coffee could do the trick, or herbal teas (but watch for added sugar in these).
Here’s four easy steps you can take today to use #sugarswaps to get you on the path to a healthier life:
Here's to a healthy, happy 2017, filled with nutritious food and far fewer empty calories from sugary drinks.
We'll drink to that!
How does sugar compare to tobacco? A teaspoon of sugar or one cigarette will not harm you. But over time, the habit can be fatal. Unlike Big Tobacco, Big Sugar deliberately targets children. And added sugar has become so pervasive within the food environment that we can't avoid it even if we wanted to.
