Holiday Diet

Holiday Diet

Q. I love food.  I know that I need to be eating healthier if I want to lose weight but it’s so difficult with another holiday just right around the corner. If I had to make one change to my diet what would it be?

A. Cut out excess sugar. High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has been sold as a healthier alternative to sucrose (regular sugar) for the past 40 years. In the past 10 years though, it has been found that diets high in HFCS actually prevent the body from using fat as an energy source, making it almost impossible to lose weight. Our ancestors only consumed about five pounds of sugar per year; today we are eating an average of 160 lbs in one year. It’s no wonder that obesity Cheap Levitra Super Active+ and adult onset diabetes are plaguing North Americans at an alarming rate. Our bodies are simply not equipped to handle the sheer volume of sugar that we are consuming.