Reducing Your Sugar Intake

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• Understanding the Hidden Sugars Found in Foods

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• Its a fact people love sugar.
• But while an occasional candy bar, slice of pie
  or can of soda is relatively harmless, Americans
  consume much more sugar every day than is
  considered healthyvirtually all in the form of
  added sugars.
• Often we unknowingly consume these added sugars,
  with food manufacturers finding clever ways to
  sneak sugar into foods youd never otherwise
  suspect.
• Well explore this and other interesting facts
  about the stuff we all love so muchsugar.

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• While sugar is found in obvious places like soda
  pop, candy, and cookies, it has slowly crept into
  other seemingly harmless packaged foods. This is
  due in large part to the low-fat craze that has
  taken America by storm in recent decades. When
  fat is removed from foods, flavor suffers. In
  response, food manufacturers began replacing fat
  with sugar. Foods youd never suspect now contain
  added sugars, including many brands of ketchup,
  yogurt, and even salad dressings!

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• Recommendations for the maximum amount of added
  sugars a person should consume vary. The World
  Health Organization (WHO) recommends no more than
  6 teaspoons (25 grams) per day for a person with
  a normal body mass index (BMI).
• The American Heart Association (AHA) recommends
  no more than 100 calories (6 tsp) per day for
  women and no more than 150 calories (9 tsp) per
  day for men.
• To put this into perspective, consider that a
  12oz can of regular soda pop contains between 35
  and 41 grams of sugar, on average.

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• Our understanding of how sugar affects the body
  is changing virtually by the day. Sugar is linked
  to an increased risk of heart attacks, diabetes,
  high blood pressure, and cancer. It has also been
  implicated in fatty liver disease, obesity, and
  even dementia.
• The overweight and obese are higher risk
  candidates for disease however, a significant
  number of normal weight individuals have
  metabolic syndrome and are at increased risk for
  diseases like diabetes.

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• The dramatic increase in sugar consumption is in
  part responsible for Americas obesity epidemic
  and for the increase in diseases like diabetes,
  especially Type 2 (adult onset) diabetes.
• The goal is to get pumped, not plumped. Thats
  why Promax Nutrition created a line of lower
  sugar (LS) protein bars with 3-9 grams of sugar
  and 12-18 grams of protein each.

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• The number one way to reduce your sugar intake is
  to eat whole, unprocessed foods.
• Limit consumption of cookies, chips, and refined
  grains like white bread and white pasta.
• Ditch the soda pop altogether. Choose lower sugar
  options like Promax Lower Sugar Protein bars,
  which deliver 12-18 grams of protein per bar and
  3-9 grams of sugars.

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• A caveat to limiting or eliminating consumption
  of added sugars revolves around exercise. When we
  exercise our muscle glycogen stores are depleted,
  especially with vigorous endurance workouts.
• Muscle glycogen stores provide essential fuel for
  our muscles. Building and replenishing these
  stores by eating carbohydrates (including sugars)
  before and after exercise is important for
  preventing bonking, or hitting the wall.
• The nutrition bars in the Original and Pro Series
  lines by Promax Nutrition are ideal for fueling
  the body and replenishing glycogen stores before,
  during, and after workouts.

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• Since 1996, Promax Nutrition has been making
  some of the best-selling protein energy bars. The
  company has developed a reputation in the
  industry for high-quality, great-tasting protein
  bars that offer trusted nutrition. With a wide
  range of products, Promax is more committed than
  ever to developing innovative, convenient, and
  portable nutrition products for active people
  striving stay fit and achieve a healthy lifestyle.

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