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    Sugar indulgence is becoming a common health issue in urban societies, thanks to easy access to sugary foods in the form of soft drinks, caramels, chocolates, artificial sweets and canned desserts. Often, people, who wish to give up sugar, do nothing more than hope 'to do something about it' and end up binging on sweets. The way to control sugar is by reducing the craving for sweets, substituting artificial sugars with natural sugars and, ultimately, stopping the intake of all forms of unhealthy sugars. 

     
     Heavy intake of sugars leads to tooth decay also. If you intake a low amount of sugary foods, your teeth require minimal maintenance,

     Here are a few steps that you can begin with:

1.  Eat at least three good meals per day. Eating balanced meals at regular intervals throughout the day will reduce the natural craving for sugar.  It is advisable to begin a healthy diet regimen with protein-rich food, which includes vegetables, legumes, properly prepared whole grains or fruits.

2. Eliminate all sugary drinks. Drinking more than one sugared soda a day raises the risk of serious weight gain by approximately 80%. Avoid all sodas, powdered drinks, sports drinks, and  basically anything in a can or a bottle. Instead, drink plenty of clean water flavoured with juice of lemon, orange, cinnamon or peppermint. Try serving chilled tea with a pinch of a natural low-calorie sweeteer that is available at your local healthfood store. If you have access to some sour lacto fermented drinks or naturally flavoured herb teas, it would be great. 

3. Limit sugary foods. This is difficult to follow but for people who want to reduce sugar intake, it is the very first step. For others, this step helps pay close attention to one's daily food intake. Once people give up the habit of ending meals with a sweetmeat, it is common to experience symptoms like nausea, headache, fatigue or dizziness after indulging in sweets. This is a good sign. It will retreat eventually.

4. Replace refined sugars. Acquaint yourself with various types of sugars so that you know which sugars need to be substituted. Raw and filtered honey, molasses, stevia and dehydrated cane sugar are natural sweeteners, while white sugar, corn syrup, sucrose, dextrose and fructose are artificial sweeteners.

5. Limit natural sweets. Instead of eating natural sweets by themselves, include a dessert as a part of your balanced meal. Meat with some steamed vegetables, a salad topped with olive oil based dressing and a couple of natural cookies made with butter and eggs would healthier options. Dessert with high carbohydrate meals, like pasta, white bread or rice is a strict no-no. Read more about diet for Diabetes .
   

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