Fructose, lactose, and glucose are natural, unrefined sugars found in fruits, vegetables, and dairy products. These are considered healthy sugars when consumed in a balanced diet. It is the refined sucrose – table sugar – that is responsible for weight gain, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, and other health problems.

Sugar and Dieting

The refine sugars found in soft drinks, cakes, cookies, breads, candy and other sweets are considered causes of obesity. They are empty calories that have no food value but they make food sweet and tasty. A soft drink or candy bar may have six teaspoons of sugar that add to its high calorie count.

According to the World Health Organization, Americans consume over 13 percent of their calories from sugar. WHO’s recommended daily sugar intake is 10 percent or less. WHO is promoting guidelines for diets that are only 5 percent sugar.

Eating Healthy

Fruits, berries, and nuts all have some type of natural sugar. These also contain vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and fiber necessary for health daily diet. A healthy diet contains fruits and vegetables that are high in vitamins and having only trace elements of natural sugars. These foods are also high in water content. This makes them easier to digest. Fruits usually digest in the intestinal track rather than the stomach.

Medical authorities believe that bodies need some form of sugar for fuel. Sugar and dieting are not mutually exclusive if the sugars contain nutrients. A good, well-balanced diet contains some natural sugar from vegetables, fruits, nuts, and dairy products.

Customized Diet Solutions

NYC Weightloss Solutions NYC specializes in creating Customized Diet Solutions for clients who want to lose weight and keep it off. Our nutritionists can simplistically explain how various sugars you are eating on a daily basis are used by the body.

• Refined sugars and starches are used to build adipose tissue, known as fat cells
• Natural sugars are used by the body for fuel and their nutritional content

An orange, pear, plum, or peach has far more nutritional value than a cupcake. Natural sugars and dieting work together to help with weight loss . NYC Weightloss Solutions nutritionists advise dieters about using sugar substitutes in small amounts since these can also cause health problems. The Exclusively You diet program finds the right combinations of foods for people with diabetes (high blood sugar) and hypoglycemia (low blood sugar).

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Dieting and cutting back on refined sugars can help you to lose weight, as well as limit your risk of certain types of disease, such as diabetes. People who are hypoglycemic are advised to obtain their sugar from fruits. Learn more about the effects of sugar and dieting at NYC Weightloss Solutions. To schedule an appointment for a free consultation, click the icon below to sign up online – or – call directly at (212) 759-8118.

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