It is in candy.
It is in soda.
It is in bread.
It is in pizza sauce.
It is even in guacamole.
Almost anything packaged has sugar in it. And I am not talking about naturally occurring sugar in fruit and vegetables but about the added sugars that are put into our foods.
Don't believe me? Head into your kitchen now and read a few labels.
And be careful as sugar will be labeled most commonly as:
Rice syrup
Corn syrup
Raw sugar
Cane sugar
Fructose
Maltose
Dextrose
Sucrose
There are many hidden sugars in our foods and I am going sugar-free this week to test if I feel different. I won't lie I have done this before and felt fantastic.
Too much sugar in our gut can reduce the good bacteria and cause leaky gut syndrome which drives changes to our microbiome and leads to cause spikes in inflammation.
Hasan Zaki Ph.D., assistant professor of pathology at the University of Texas says, “Our research shows that high sugar intake may also be contributing to rising rates of IBD.”
IBD and sugar.
Just two days of a high-sugar diet increases susceptibility to colitis and worsens symptoms in mice, University of Alberta researchers found.
If you google “sugar leads to” the list of words that follow are
DIABETES
INFLAMMATION
OBESITY
DEPRESSION
HEART ATTACKS
With all the information out there why are we so addicted to eating it, and for some at every meal?
No matter if you have IBD or anything else, trying to eliminate sugar from your diet is going to leave you detoxing, unfortunately, but then feeling great and allowing your body to run more efficiently without an artificial stimulant.
Join me this week in reading all labels to eliminate sugar and recognize which foods include it. But more importantly how you feel after 1 week of no added sugar in your diet.
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Stay Nourished,
Milka & Sporty
