Did you know that chronic health conditions such as diabetes and heart disease can be improved by limiting or eliminating added sugars in your diet? I’m not suggesting a low-carbohydrate diet that eliminates nutrient-dense foods such as apples and oranges with naturally occurring sugars bound to fiber.
Instead, you should reduce your intake of added sugars, such as high fructose corn syrup added to processed foods. To help consumers, the FDA has ruled that by 2020 food manufacturers must use the newly-designed Nutrition Facts panel, which has been updated to include a separate line for added sugars as a subcategory of total sugars. It’s about time!