For anyone looking to bio hack their health and make dieting easier, you would have heard and most likely ingested something with sugar alcohols. They are mostly synthetic products (man-made), except for a couple, that taste like sugar, have a negligible effect on blood sugar, but have minimal or no calories, or so we thought……
It’s funny oftentimes when I talk with my clients about their food choices and what they’re eating, they will often mention foods they think are healthy, not knowing what’s hidden in the label. They are typically snacks that have hidden sugars in them. And the main culprit is fructose, also known as: ‘high corn fructose…
For some of you who are gym veterans or athletes who have competed before, you may already know this, but it could be new information for others. And I’m going to assume you already know to eat more vegetables since that should be a staple in anyone’s diet, whether for fat loss or just general…
In Part 1 and Part 2 I discussed why we want to track our sugar intake in our quest to reaching our fitness and physique goals. Now, I want to talk about fruit (or ‘fructose’ sugar) which can also be high in sugar and deter you from getting to where you want. Yes, not to…
If you’ve read Part 1 of my article you’ll recall that sugar is found almost everywhere and it’s important to limit your intake if you want to get the best results from your training. To understand the basics of how sugar responds in the body I’m going to break it down into steps. Firstly, when…
Eating well and knowing what components of nutrition to focus on or to avoid can sometimes be confusing. One of those components is sugar and like anything, too much of anything is not good. Of the hundreds of clients I’ve trained 9 times out of 10 most unintentionally consume far too much sugar despite trying…