Eat Less Sugar by Reading Labels

Program Description
Reading a label will give you most of the information you need to make a wise decision on whether or not to purchase a product. But labels can also be misleading. They use terms you may not be familiar with. If you aren't sure what something is, look it up and do a little research. Sugar comes in many forms and has many different names. It's a good idea to do some investigating and compare your findings to the labels you read.

Actions
1. Avoid artificial sweeteners.

2. Eat foods where sugar or fructose appears toward the bottom of the list of ingredients.

3. Do not eat a lot of foods with "light" or "lite" on the label.

4. Avoid foods that are high in fructose corn syrup.

5. Avoid foods with high levels of sucrose or sucralose.

6. Eat foods that are sweetened with natural fruit juices.

7. Try to avoid foods that are packaged in heavy syrup.