Did you know …? All about sugar you need to know.
Over 80% of packaged food contains added sugar. One of the main sugar-sweetened sources are beverages like soda, sweetened juices or coke. We can find it in ice cream, diary products, cereals, and in sweets like cookies and cakes too.
Added sugars make up at least 10% of the calories the average American eats in a day. But about one in 10 people get a whopping one-quarter or more of their calories from added sugar. — Julie Corliss, Harvard Heatlh Publications.
Recent studies show that a plant-based diet can prevent you from diverse diseases like diabetes or even cancer.
The researches from the Harvard School of Public Health recommend to go for fruit-based desserts instead of having a processed cookie. You can read more about on the Harvard Blog Eating too much added sugar increases the risk of dying with heart disease.
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