The 3 Best Ways To Curb Your Persistent Sugar Cravings
When you have a sweet tooth, you can't help but look for a dessert as soon as you've polished off your dinner plate. Although a little bit of sugar here and there isn't going to kill you, regular consumption of sugar has many negative effects on your health.
The average American adult consumes 77 grams of sugar a day. This is more than three times the recommended amount for women, and it adds up to about 60 pounds of added sugar each year. Sugar appears just about everywhere we go, from breakfast to snacks to dinner, and the overconsumption of it quickly leads to a laundry list of health problems, from excess weight gain to poor immune function to foggy brain to disrupted gut, just to name a few. Although it may be enjoyable and even temporarily stress-relieving to enjoy dessert, we all need to be careful about how much sugar we're consuming on a regular basis.