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"We&amp;#x27;ve talked about cutting back on sugar here on the blog before. But, a major new study sheds light on why this may be so important. Here&amp;#x27;s why and here&amp;#x27;s how to get started ... Consuming a higher amount of added sugar in our food can lead to weight gain, of course, but researchers who published a study in a recent issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association say that all the added sugar can actually increase your risk for heart disease.&amp;quot; Next time you reach for a sugar cube, the sugar bowl, or the honey bear, ask yourself: &amp;quot;Do I really need this to be sweet? Is it sweet enough? Could I slice an apple or half of a banana on top instead?&amp;quot; (Here are some more smart tips to help you cut out added sugar in your diet.) I asked myself this last night when having a bedtime snack of plain Greek yogurt. Instead of drizzling honey on top, as I wanted to do, I mixed in a quarter of a banana (then fed the rest of the banana to my dog!). It was just subtly sweet, and perfect. Health experts, like the ones who wrote the study mentioned above, are worried that we are consuming more sugar than ever these days. It&amp;#x27;s not that a little sugar in your coffee or honey on your yogurt is bad, it&amp;#x27;s just that we tend to sweeten everything. And the foods we buy are sweetened too. You can hardly find a loaf of bread at a standard supermarket without finding sugar or high fructose corn syrup high up on the ingredient list. So, let this be a reminder to be aware of the sugar in your food! Keep a close eye on the amount of added sugar you&amp;#x27;re eating. Will you give it a try? More sweet talk: *One Vitamin G reader cut out sugar for a whole month: the results. *Oh my goodness: check out this ad from the 1960s, when they used to tell moms to give their kids sugar! *Health experts weigh in on &amp;quot;evaporated cane juice&amp;quot; ... More Ways to Get Glamour Visit Shopglamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter Add us to your iGoogle homepage Photo: Getty"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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