5 Tips to Reducing Added Sugars from Boca Raton Weight Loss

• By Beth Meirav
• My Blog

Consuming added sugars is proven to be detrimental to your health. This is fact. Yet so many of us do it anyway. Cutting back or even, dare I say, eliminating added sugars will aid in heart health, weight loss and much more. Your entire body will thank you. I promise! Here are just a few helpful tips to get you started.

1.Remove temptation!

Sugar is everywhere! I open my cabinets and there it is. Did I mention I have two kids? While I try my best to stock only healthy foods, I have been told the Oreos are "essential". Remove these items so you are not tempted.

2.Read the labels

I know I have delved into this before. You would be amazed at the added sugar in that protein bar you just reached for.

3.Ugh, soda? Really?

I have preached about this repeatedly. A client and I just yesterday had a conversation about Red Bull. It's a slippery slope. Switch to water or brewed iced/hot tea, seltzer (if you need bubbles). Drinking that sugar will cause a spike and then a crash. Not worth it. By the way, juice falls into this sugary drink category (unless you are juicing that orange yourself of course).

4.Avoid foods that you tend to sweeten

Do you normally add sweetener to that oatmeal? Do you add 5 sugars to your coffee or "just one pump" of that simple syrup at Starbucks? Try cinnamon next time. It's yummy in coffee, oatmeal and just about everything plus it's anti-inflammatory!

5.Conscious indulgence

My clients ask me all the time about "cheat days". I don't like to call it that. I think if your body is truly craving something then you should choose to indulge in it. For example, I needed that scoop of New York Super Fudge Chunk. My body told me and I listened. It's what you do most of the time that matters. Every meal is a new opportunity to make a healthy choice.

Celebrate your victories. Start small and it will eventually become a habit. Your body will thank you.