Just say no to sugared drinks. Would you sit down for a snack and eat a spoonful of sugar like this? A 12 ounce can of soda has 10 teaspoons or 20 cubes of sugar and 150 calories. The AHA recommends 100 calories per day for women and 150 for men from sugar so think twice before cracking open your next can of soda. There are virtually no nutrients in soda or sports drinks—just empty calories. About the only thing going for sugary drinks is that they have water in them. So save the calories and the crash that will most certainly come from flushing so much sugar through your system so quickly and just drink water. It will quench your thirst without impacting your waistline.
Satisfy your sweet tooth with fruit. Fruit contains a lot of sugar. But it is also loaded with anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals and a host of phyto-chemicals with disease fighting properties. Humans are one of only a couple of species that have a so-called sweet tooth that can distinguish the taste of sweetness.
In our evolution this is believed to be to designed to attract us to the many benefits it offers. In addition to all the nutrients, fruit is loaded with fiber which helps maintain a good digestive balance and slows the absorption of the sugars into our bloodstream so that you don’t get the same energy highs and lows you can get with other sugars.