
Cording also recommends taking it easy with artificial sweeteners, which train your tastebuds to crave a high level of sweetness. “Check food labels for hidden sources of sugar like condiments (ketchup, barbecue sauce, teriyaki sauce, salad dressing), pasta sauces, bread, and canned soup,” she says. You can also avoid obvious sources like sweets, sugary cereal, and sweetened beverages. For example, use one teaspoon of sugar instead of two in your coffee, then scale back to half a teaspoon and eventually zero. If you find that you’re having more sugar than you should and you want to cut back, Cording recommends doing so slowly to give your tastebuds time to adjust.
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And, if you regularly eat too much sugar, you can experience blood sugar issues, weight gain, poor dental hygiene, and skin issues, Moskovitz says. You may even experience mood swings and increased feelings of hunger since plummeting blood sugar levels after a sugar spike make you want to eat more, Rumsey says. Those can include surges in energy, hyperactivity, anxiety, poor digestion, or suddenly feeling wiped an hour or two after eating, Moskovitz says. Regardless of your threshold, the signs of too much sugar are similar for everyone. There’s nothing sweet about the sugar in A Tall History of Sugar, the fifth novel by Jamaican writer Curdella Forbes.

Meaning, some people may feel out of whack after having more sugar, while others can feel off with less. While Wilson says she feels off after she has more than 9 teaspoons of sugar, Cording says that everyone’s threshold is different. "The fiber and water content in the fruit will lessen the effects of the 'sugar high' and keep you feeling more level all day," she explains.
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For more, see Emelie Kamp’s article on how to talk to your kids about sugar. Learn more about The Sugar Story as well as print out games, coloring pages, and recipes at. The best sources of sugar are going to be in their natural form, like in a whole piece of fruit, Keatley says. The Sugar Story is written by Emelie Kamp and published by Worth it Living Publishing. Sugar is sugar to your body-whether it’s naturally-occurring sugar or added sugar-but Alissa Rumsey, M.S., R.D., a spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, tells SELF that it’s best to get most of your sugar intake from natural sources.

"That's why, as adults, we tend to gain weight from sugar (and excess calories) because we don't use the energy, it gets stored," she says. practicing in New York City, tells SELF that eating a lot of sugar increases the availability of energy, but you still have to put it into use. Those include blood sugar spikes, which are inevitably followed by a blood sugar crash that makes you feel exhausted, she says, as well as issues with hormone production and cell signaling, which can just make you feel off. The trouble with having too much sugar is that it creates an inflammatory response in the body that may be associated with a number of negative effects, Jessica Cording, R.D., a New York-based dietitian, tells SELF.
