Top tips on reducing the sugar you eat
It’s a new year, the time of resolutions to change old habits and lifestyle choices. If one of your resolutions is to cut down your intake of sugar, then her are a few handy tips to help you on your way.
Know how much you should have
Before you start cutting down, it’s best to know exactly how much sugar you should be having. The NHS recommends that adults should have no more than 30g of added sugars (roughly about seven sugar cubes).
Fizzy Drinks
Rather than sugary fizzy drinks or sugary squash, try water, or sugar-free, diet or no-added-sugar drinks. They often have the same great taste, so try making the switch.
Cereal
Many people like adding sugar to their bowl of cereal in the morning to make it sweeter. Why not try adding fruit, it will sweeten the cereal and it will have more beneficial nutrients.
No-added-sugar
Most food products in supermarkets now have a no added sugar version. They normally don’t cost more and generally taste the same. These products still contain sugar, but less sugar than the original.
Baking
When baking try reducing the amount of sugar put in the cakes, or even try adding unsweetened applesauce to the mixture.
Another option is to use agave syrup in baking, or in you're tea and coffee.
