Are you taking steps at the minute to improve your health? This is something we do whether or not we are watching our weight.
The majority of health conscious shoppers have always checked the fat content on labels, and are finally starting to check the sugar content as well. It is gradually becoming known that the amount of sugar and other sweeteners in food is as important as the fat it contains. These hidden calories add to our weight problems.
We tend to think that changing what we eat is the way to lose weight and make improvements to our health, whereas we should also be looking at what we drink.
The news coming from the health experts is far from good. Our bodies are being overloaded with the unnecessary sugars hidden in these drinks and our health service is having to deal with a huge rise in sugar related health issues.
I now religiously check the sugar content on every single drink that I buy to ensure that it is as healthy as it claims to be. Don't be fooled by the fancy names on the list of ingredients; things such as cane juice, fructose and syrup are all types of sugar or sweeteners.
I want to know that what I'm putting into my body is what I think it is, and if that happens to be juice I want the real thing, pure fruit juice with nothing added. I am rather partial to fizzy drinks as well though.
There are two main brands that I tend to stick to when I buy a carbonated drink. These are Izze and Fizzy Lizzy. If you can't find these go, for the fruit spritzers produced by the R.W.Knudsen drinks company.
The mixture of pure fruit juice and water that has been carbonated is all that's in these drinks, none of that stuff that we now know to avoid. The natural juice is also giving your body an extra boost of fruit.
The majority of health conscious shoppers have always checked the fat content on labels, and are finally starting to check the sugar content as well. It is gradually becoming known that the amount of sugar and other sweeteners in food is as important as the fat it contains. These hidden calories add to our weight problems.
We tend to think that changing what we eat is the way to lose weight and make improvements to our health, whereas we should also be looking at what we drink.
The news coming from the health experts is far from good. Our bodies are being overloaded with the unnecessary sugars hidden in these drinks and our health service is having to deal with a huge rise in sugar related health issues.
I now religiously check the sugar content on every single drink that I buy to ensure that it is as healthy as it claims to be. Don't be fooled by the fancy names on the list of ingredients; things such as cane juice, fructose and syrup are all types of sugar or sweeteners.
I want to know that what I'm putting into my body is what I think it is, and if that happens to be juice I want the real thing, pure fruit juice with nothing added. I am rather partial to fizzy drinks as well though.
There are two main brands that I tend to stick to when I buy a carbonated drink. These are Izze and Fizzy Lizzy. If you can't find these go, for the fruit spritzers produced by the R.W.Knudsen drinks company.
The mixture of pure fruit juice and water that has been carbonated is all that's in these drinks, none of that stuff that we now know to avoid. The natural juice is also giving your body an extra boost of fruit.
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