5. Yogurt? Some not as healthy as we think.
A 20-ounce Coca-Cola has 27 grams of “total sugars.” A standard, six-ounce flavored Yoplait yogurt also has 27 grams of total sugars. How much of those 27 grams is milk sugar (lactose, not harmful), and how much is added sugar (sucrose)? A Greek yogurt with no added sweeteners is 16 grams of total sugar per six ounces. That means each Yoplait has 11 grams of added sugar. So, when you consume a Yoplait, you’re getting a yogurt, plus eight ounces of Coca-Cola. Read the sugars on your yogurt labels and try to get a yogurt with sugar lower in the ingredients list.
6. Eat what our grandparents ate
Think a traditional Japanese meal (lots of veggies, fish, soybeans, and some rice) or a traditional Mediterranean diet (fish, nuts, olive oil, salads, fruit). They often ate smaller portions, too.
7. Eat, don't drink, your fruit
Drink water, milk, tea or coffee, club soda and sparkling water. Juices, smoothies (and worse, power drinks) are super-high in calories and don't offer the fiber (fullness factor) of the fruit. Some studies show that drinking in calories can make us hungrier!
8. Escape processed sugar
More than 600,000 food products sold in the United States contain sugar, and the labels can make it sound healthier by masking it under terms like ''fruit juice,” "date sugar,'' "agave nectar'' or "blackstrap molasses.'' All contain fructose, which too much of can fry your liver and cause the same diseases as does alcohol.
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