While we all know that desserts, cakes and sweet carbonated drinks are very high in sugar, there also a few less obvious sources of hidden sugar: – Fat-free yogurt very often contains added fruit or flavorings. As a result, it may contain up to 20g of sugar (the equivalent of 5 teaspoons); – Readymade sauces also contain sugar (i.e. about 1…
- 18 September 2015
SUGAR IS NOT ALWAYS LABELED AS SUGAR.
Sugar sometimes hides behind various names: sucrose, glucose, fructose, maltose, molasses, hydrolyzed starch, inverted sugar, corn syrup. So whenever you see any of these names on a label, it means that the food contains hidden sugar.
- 10 September 2015
VEGETABLE FATS ARE NOT ALL ‘GOOD’ FATS.
A common diet mistake consists in opposing animal fats, deemed ‘bad’ fats and vegetable ones, considered ‘good’, i.e. healthy, or at least healthier. As a matter of fact, some vegetable oils, such as palm oil or coconut oil, are mainly composed of saturated fatty acids, those that prevail in many animal fats (meat fat, bacon, butter), whereas fish oils contain…