Know all the names sugar is hiding in!!!

[IronpumpedLady]

Sugar, by any other name, would taste just as sweet.
Another strategy the sugar pushers use to get us to consume more calories is to rename the offending ingredient. We know to stay away from sugar, but how about molasses, honey, sorghum, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, glucose, fructose, lactose, dextrose, sucrose, galactose, maltose, or concentrated juices like grape or apple? Another path to profit that the food industry has discovered is that instead of harvesting relatively more expensive sugar cane and beets, the industry can produce sweeteners in a laboratory more cheaply and with just as many calories as beet and cane sugar. And with some sweeteners, especially the popular high fructose corn syrup, it is believed that your body will be less likely to reach satiety than with sugar, so you can consume more. Mo' calories, mo' money. Another advantage to these doses of -oses is that, aside from the fact that many people won't guess they're just different forms of sugar, they can be spread out in the ingredient list required by law, so that it won't be as obvious that what you're consuming is pretty much all sugar. When you look at a list of ingredients on a product, the manufacturer is required to list them in order of amount, from highest to lowest. So they can bury a quarter cup of fructose, a quarter cup of sucrose, a quarter cup of dextrose, and a quarter cup of corn syrup in the middle of the list, so you won't be as likely to notice that when you add them all up, the main ingredient in the product is sugar.


Stay Strong~~~!!!!

[K-Man]

This is one reason Powerade is better than gatorade for your body and recouperating...
K-Man

[fit4lyfe]

this is a good reminder, to evaluate what you eat, and to realize that whole foods or organic foods are the way to go.. prepackaged or preprepared foods and drinks need that asugar as a preserative and to make it taste good.. I follow the theory that if it doesn't taste terriffic than it is probably good for you, ie: broccoli, veggies, cannot stand them, but I know that they are good for me, whole wheat psta, doesn't atstet as good as regulay pasta,IMO, but you know what is better for you..
Thank you IPG, keep the diet info coming, there is not that much on heer and we are in need of good diet guidance as without proper nutrition, our "supplements" are wasted money, and without proper nutritiion are bodies are not going to grow...Very good info. please don't stop.. any recommendations on meal replacement bars / protien bars, or are they a b.s. candy bar, I know some are low glycemic, but the have high calorie amounts..and only 15-30 gms of protien?? FIT.. official IPG groupie