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Quick and Easy Weight Loss Tips
5 Ways to Lose 5 Pounds
Dropping weight is never easy, but these five strategies will make slimming down a little bit simpler
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Simple Ways to Slim Down
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Drink More Water
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Say No to a Side of Fries or Potato Chips
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Cut Down on Added Sugars
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Beware of Hidden Calories
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Cut Down on Added Sugars
On average, Americans consume 475 calories of added sugars daily, estimates Rachel Johnson, RD, PhD, a professor of nutrition at the University of Vermont. You, too, can do the math. Eliminating added sugars could save you thousands of calories in a week. In fact, a study review published in the journal Public Health Nutrition found that the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages contributed to 20% of weight gain between 1977 and 2007. Other offenders included cookies, cakes, doughnuts, and dairy desserts. To trim hundreds of empty calories from your daily diet, check nutrition labels. “Look for anything that ends in the letters "ose,” the biochemical ending for sugars, such as sucrose, dextrose, fructose, and maltose, and the word syrup,” Johnson says. If it’s sweetened, skip it.
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