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Can’t lose weight? Feel like crap? It could be your drink.

I recently wrote an article for a kids and teens website detailing the dangers of sugary, chemical-laden drinks and the importance of label reading.  Then I got to thinking, do adults know about this stuff too?  Do we really know whether or not diet soda and fake sweeteners help us lose weight?  Do we know what’s in that Starbucks cup we’re holding?  What about the margarita we’re enjoying on a hot summer day? Considering all of this, I thought I’d share some of my article’s main points with you all: Liquid Sugar: Too Much of a Sweet Thing When you …

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Eating too much sugar? 12 surprising high-sugar foods

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Are you underestimating how much sugar you eat every day?   Did you know that excess sugar may lurk in foods that you wouldn’t even consider “sweet”? The American Heart Association recommends limiting the amount of added sugars you consume to no more than half of your daily discretionary calorie allowance. For most American women, this is no more than 100 calories per day and no more than 150 calories per day for men (or about 6 teaspoons per day for women and 9 teaspoons per day for men). We all know that too much sugar is bad for our health.  It’s been linked …