{"id":1439,"date":"2018-04-04T17:39:20","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T00:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vitaliahealthcare.ca\/blog\/?p=1439"},"modified":"2020-03-04T11:38:06","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T19:38:06","slug":"hidden-food-labels-for-sugar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaliahealthcare.ca\/blog\/hidden-food-labels-for-sugar\/","title":{"rendered":"Check Your Food Labels for These Hidden Names for Sugar"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_599\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-599\" style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-599\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/dr-natasha-asselstine-thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Natasha Asselstine, R.H.N.\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-599\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natasha Asselstine, R.H.N.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sugar is a nutrient that we commonly overeat in the Standard North American Diet. Everything seems to have added sugar \u2013 salad dressings, breads, marinates and sauces, and even sushi rice! And most processed foods \u2013 canned, jarred and boxed foods \u2013 have added sugar.<!--more--> It\u2019s important to get into the habit of reading food labels at the grocery store before making purchases so that you know what ingredients you are feeding your body. While the body requires sugar to function, eating too much of it (particularly refined ones like white granulated sugar) is associated with poor immunity, inflammation, gut issues, skin conditions, diabetes, PMS, food cravings, fatigue, anxiety and much more.<\/p>\n<p>If sugar is listed as one of the first few ingredients on a food label, it\u2019s probably not going to do your body any favours. Having said that, sugar isn\u2019t always listed as \u201csugar.\u201d In fact, it is known to moonlight under various other names. So it\u2019s important to know what to look for.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the other names for sugar that are often found on food labels:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/vitaliahealthcare.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/family-shop-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vitaliahealthcare.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/family-shop-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vitaliahealthcare.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/family-shop-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vitaliahealthcare.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/family-shop-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vitaliahealthcare.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/family-shop-624x416.jpg 624w, https:\/\/vitaliahealthcare.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/family-shop.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Syrup<\/li>\n<li>Cane juice<\/li>\n<li>Glucose<\/li>\n<li>Fructose<\/li>\n<li>Sucrose<\/li>\n<li>Maltose<\/li>\n<li>Maltodextrin<\/li>\n<li>Dextrose<\/li>\n<li>Dextrin<\/li>\n<li>Corn syrup<\/li>\n<li>Fruit juice<\/li>\n<li>Panocha<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And this is just the start! SugarScience (developed by a team of scientists from the University of California, San Francisco) have a created a full, comprehensive list of all the other names that sugar is listed under. You can find it here: <a href=\"http:\/\/sugarscience.ucsf.edu\/what-is-sugarscience.html - .WrUOTiMrK2w\">http:\/\/sugarscience.ucsf.edu\/what-is-sugarscience.html &#8211; .WrUOTiMrK2w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now you might be wondering,<em> What can I eat instead to satisfy my sweet tooth?<\/em> As with everything, sugary foods should be eaten in moderation. (Not always easy, I know.) The ones that are gentler on the body are the natural, whole sugars \u2013 those that haven\u2019t been processed like refined sugar. They are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fruit (especially low sugar fruit like green apples and berries)<\/li>\n<li>Honey<\/li>\n<li>Maple syrup<\/li>\n<li>Dates and other dried fruit (no sugar added)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While it\u2019s important to avoid too much sugar, it\u2019s also important to remember that the brain\u2019s source of fuel is sugar, so you don\u2019t want to avoid sugar completely if you want to function well (unless you\u2019re on a sugar-restricted diet like the Ketogenic diet, for example). Whole grains, legumes, root vegetables and the naturally sweet foods listed above are great sources to acquire the sugars that your body needs to function well.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, it\u2019s important to remember that cravings for sugar may be your body\u2019s way of trying to tell you something. Perhaps you need more sleep, or to balance your blood sugar, or satisfy a nutrient deficiency like magnesium. Always listen to your body for cues as to what it\u2019s really trying to tell you.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bn-bottom clearfix\">\n<a href=\"\/contact.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/bn-contact.jpg\" alt=\"contact us\" width=\"330\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/vitaliahealthcare.janeapp.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/bn-appointment-bottom.jpg\" alt=\"schedule an appointment\" width=\"330\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sugar is a nutrient that we commonly overeat in the Standard North American Diet. Everything seems to have added sugar \u2013 salad dressings, breads, marinates and sauces, and even sushi &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/vitaliahealthcare.ca\/blog\/hidden-food-labels-for-sugar\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Check Your Food Labels for These Hidden Names for Sugar<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1440,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,20,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","category-health","category-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaliahealthcare.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaliahealthcare.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaliahealthcare.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaliahealthcare.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaliahealthcare.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1439"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/vitaliahealthcare.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2191,"href":"https:\/\/vitaliahealthcare.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1439\/revisions\/2191"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaliahealthcare.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaliahealthcare.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaliahealthcare.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaliahealthcare.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}