20 Smart Ways To Cut Sugar from Your Diet

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Cut down sugar to live a healthy and smart life. Reduce weight and improve mental efficiency with these smart ways to avoid sugar. Welcome a successful, impressive and progressive life

Sugar is an important nutrient to improve your health. But excessive sugar intake can ruin your health.  Mental and physical alacrity is only possible through cut down of sugar. Sugar is bad for heart,brain,tooth, kidneys, liver, pancreas.

Natural sugar which is found in fruits, vegetables and dairy. It is healthy and nutritious. But added sugar is detrimental to health, which is found in packaging foods. And which we add in coffee, desserts and other dishes to add sweetness.

Natural sugar is a healthy option to add sweetness to your food.

Added sugar has different names, which are written on packages and labelled like dextrose, sucrose, fructose, corn syrup, caramel, maltodextrine,  turbinado and many more.

How can you cut down sugar from your diet?

Here are smart ways to cut down sugar from your diet.

Know About Sugar

You must have knowledge of sugar.  In which forms is it found. Get some knowledge of sources of sugar.

Read labels of food, which type of sugar is added in food, and how much calories it can give you.

Track Your Sugar Intake

Track Your Sugar to know how much you are consuming  daily . That will help you limit your sugar intake. Without tracking, it is not possible. If you take 5 tbsp daily , remove the sugary foods and plan your diet with less sugar .

Replace Added Sugar With Natural Sugar

To avoid detrimental sugar, there is only one way that replaces it with healthy natural sugar. Natural sugar is full of vitamins, protein  and fibre,  which are very good for your health.

Use Banana as Sweetener

Banana is a good source of natural sugar. You can add it to sweeten your foods. It is full of potassium and vitamins. Ripe, dark banana is a good alternative for added sugar. It adds sweetness to dishes without spoiling their texture in baking.

Add Cinnamon in your Breakfast recipes

Add some cinnamon  in breakfast to add sweetness. It is healthy and nutritious.

Use Dry Fruits to Add sweetness Flavour

Dry fruits are a great source of natural sugar. Use in your food to avoid harm of added sugar. Plums, dates apricots are a great substitute .

Cut Back Sugar in Baking

Use less sugar in pies.  You cut it down to 1/3 or 1/2. That would suffice because fruits in pies provide enough sweetness. Develop your recipes by using natural sugar sources. That would be a healthy addition.

Shift your Breakfast

Waffles, pancakes, or muffins have lots of sugar. You can swap these sugary foods for veggies omelete ,a few days in a week. Baked eggs are a good option for weight loss goals. Bake eggs at the beginning of a week, then reheat and use for breakfast.

Make Your Own  Cocktails

Cocktails are full of added sugar. It does more bad to your health than good. Make your own cocktails using natural sugar.

Cut Down Soda Drinks

Soda drinks have a lot of sugar . Lower their intake to limit your sugar in diet.

Take Coffee Without Sugar

Avoid spoonful sugar in coffee. Take coffee without sugar. It will limit your daily sugar intake.

Use Small And Narrow Glasses

To cut down sugar, you can use small and narrow glasses. It will satisfy your craving for sugar. At the same time ,it will limit your sugar intake .

Include Fruit Juices in Your Diet

Instead of store bought juices, drink fresh fruit juices. Fresh fruit juices are healthy and nutritious. Canned juices have more added sugar to store and for long shelf life.

Choose in Season Fruits

In season, fruits are sweet and rasteful. They give you more nutrition and sweetness. When using fruits in place of  sugar, always choose jn Season Fruits.

Buy UnSweetened Canned Fruits

Sweetened Canned fruits contain much more sugar. Which is not good for health. Always buy UnSweetened Canned Fruits.

Set Limits to Take Sugar

Plan how much sugar you will consume in a day. Then stick to it. Never cross the limits. You will stay safe from diseases and weight gain.

Skip High Sugar Foods

Make a list of high sugary foods which you are consuming too much sugars. Cross the high sugar foods. Only use less sugar foods.

Take Small Portions of Food

Everyone loves sweet dishes. Enjoy sweet dishes, you can take a small portion of desserts.

Cut down Sugar in Your Shopping List

Make a shopping list with less sugary foods. Go for natural sugar. Buy fruits, veggies and dry plums,apricots, and dates for natural sugar.

Get Enough of sleeping

Sleep lowers sugar levels. Take enough sleep to refresh yourself.