Recently, the World Health Organization reduced its recommendation by half as far as how much sugar we should be consuming – now 5% of our daily caloric intake. If you are on a 2,000 calorie per day diet, that amounts to 100 calories per day or about 5 teaspoons.

But you are most likely eating far more sugar than you think, especially if you eat these foods:

1 – Salad Dressings

Light and fat-free salad dressings are generally loaded with sugar and salt to make up for the flavor lost from removing the fat. Some have as much as 9 grams of sugar per serving.

The worst offenders are ketchup-based dressings, such as French and Russian, along with some vinegarettes containing fruit. Continue reading →

To understand the negative impact of sugar on your health and body weight, it is important to know how it spikes your insulin level. And it is pretty basic. When you eat any food that has carbohydrates, your digestive system goes to work breaking them down. Any sugar that is processed is pushed out into your blood. This raises your sugar level, and causes your pancreas to produce insulin.

What is Insulin and Why Does Your Body Produce It?

Insulin is a hormone that regulates your blood sugar level. When everything in your body is working properly, insulin easily monitors and regulates a healthy blood sugar level. But when you do not produce insulin properly, it cannot regulate the amount of sugar in your body, and this can lead to diabetes and other unhealthy conditions. Continue reading →