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Excess Gas?
When you eat or drink something sweet, do you have stomach issues?
Cramps, excess gas, a bloated feeling, even diarrhea and pain.
It could be that fructose is the culprit.
It’s found in many processed drinks, such as lemonade and soda, and in food such as low-fat sauces, yogurts, cereals, and more.
High Fructose Corn Syrup is trouble too.
What happens is that the fructose isn’t absorbed properly. It ends up in the colon where bacteria break it down, and turn it into acid and gas.
If this sounds like you, then try laying off anything with corn syrup in it for a few days, and see if your digestive system settles down.
Thin Yourself, Thin Your Budget
- Do you really need to chug a quart of sugar-laden soda, and that huge popcorn when watching the movie at the local theater?
- Do you do that at home?
- Were you really hungry and thirsty?
Probably not, and there are, of course better options, like having a meal at home before you go to the theater, or when you get back afterwards.
It can be the same at home when watching the TV. It’s much the same thing that smokers have to deal with when they’re trying to quit. Connecting things in your life becomes an automatic reflex after a while. The smoker always has a cigarette with their 11am coffee; the TV viewer always eats a favorite snack with their favorite evening show.
Try doing something else instead. Record the show, go for a walk, read a book, watch it another time. It can help to break those automatic connections.
You can lose a few lbs without even realizing it, and you’ll trim your food budget too – even more from your entertainment budget when you walk right past the concession stand at the movie theater.
Don’t Misread the Labels
Don’t get obsessed by low calories and low fat.
For example, what’s best to eat? Almonds or fat-free chips?
Some folks might go for the fat-free chips on account of them having no fat. Wrong. It’s much better to eat the almonds.
Why?
They are much better for you in terms of nutrition, fiber content, and they’re not processed with who know what added in the flavorings that chips (fat-free or not) often contain.
Also watch out for things like calorie-free drinks. They might seem better for you than the calorie-laden, HFCS containing regular varieties, but more and more studies are pointing toward some artificial sweetener being possible carcinogens.
Better to drink water, or whole fruit juice anyway.
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