Personal Training Journal Entry #11
Since we were kids, we’ve been trained to think about eating the way the food industry wants us to. We’ve learned that fat, in all forms, is absolutely detrimental to the human body. This is debatable. What we don’t learn at a young age is that sugar makes us fat and is slowly, but surely, poisoning us. On top of that, if we’ve been told to look for sugar content in foods, we’re not taught how to search for it. It’s not just the cakes, cookies, and candy that contains sugar. It’s in many foods that we’ve come to know as “non-sugar” foods, such as breads, tomato sauce, and even fat free dressing.
Sugar is a true silent killer. It can stifle your brain power, it can damage your heart, it promotes fat, and it can even be linked to cancer. It is an ingredient that must be watched, not for a short period of time, but for life. With that being said, there are moderate amounts of sugar acceptable for intake to help you keep a life in balance.