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How Can We Control Sugar in Our Diets?

Nowadays, we have to develop how we control the sugar in diet especially to those who are diagnosed with diabetes. Planning a set of nutritious breakfast with the consult of doctor will help you a lot to control your sugar. Here are some tips and ways how can we control our sugar daily. Consult a specialist or your physician before doing this tips. Drink fruit juice or unsweetened ice tea instead of soft drinks. Eat fresh fruit for snacks or desserts. Buy fruit canned in its own juice rather than in heavy syrup, or drain the syrup and rinse the fruit. Use plain gelatin and unsweetened fruit juice instead of sweetened gelatin powders. Compare foods at the stores and buy those without added sugar. Use less sugar in tea, coffee, and other beverages. Buy unsweetened breakfast cereals and sweeten them with fresh fruit rather than sugar. Add fruit to unflavored yogurt rather than buying flavored varieties. Stay active. Exercise! Prefer eating foods rich in fiber, protein and gr...

What Influences Your Food Choices? Part 1

Why do we eat the foods we do? People select and reject foods for many reasons. The role a specific food plays in health is important. But often its nutritional role is less important to people than what the food means to them. Food choices and the pat terns they form are affected by several factors. Physical, psychological, social, and cultural needs all influence food choices. What we eat is also influenced by what food is available to us and the personal resources we have to allocate for food. Food styles is the term used to describe the ways in which people prepare and eat food. Food styles are influenced by all the factors discussed in this chapter. You will learn more about specific dishes that are popular in different parts of the United States and in other countries. Why do we eat the foods we do? People select and reject foods for many reasons. The role a specific food plays in health is important. But often its nutritional role is less important to people than what t...