The silent killer - SUGAR

Sugar - how many times does that come up in conversation when you are trying to lose weight. Should you or shouldn't you? The answer is if you are serious about losing weight, then cut it out and cut out the processed food. Most people have been led to believe that we need to have all this "processed food" as part of a nutritional lifestyle. I've heard things like "It gives us the energy we need to burn the fat". I believe that is absolute nonsense!

We all know that processed food (sugar) gives us that desirable "hit" we all crave and I know from experience how hard it is to cut it from your life.  I never realised how addicted I was!  I now know that the "hit" didn't last too long and I would just eat more of it! So the cycle continued - big companies were getting fatter in their pockets, whilst I was just getting fatter. 

We have found a great book called Sweet Poison by David Gillespie and here are 5 mind blowing facts from his book:

• In the space of 150 years, we have gone from eating no added sugar to more than a kilogram a week. 

• You would need to run 7km every day of your life just to not put on weight as a result of eating that much sugar.

• Two decades ago 1 in 14 adult Australians were obese; that figure is now 1 in 5.

• The 'natural' sugar in one glass of unsweetened fruit juice per day for a year is enough to add just over 2.5kg your waistline.

• The more sugar we eat, the more we want. Food manufacturers exploit our sugar addiction by lacing it through 'non-sweet' products, such as bread, sauces, soups and cereals.

So think about that next time you pick up a cardboard box that promises to reduce your waist line; because it won't. Eat the foods nature provided to us.

I would strongly suggest you pick up a copy of David's book and have a read!