Healthy Ways To Decrease Consumption Of Sugar...

Try to avoid the use of presweetened breakfast cereals; sweeten cereals instead with fruits.

Use fresh fruit or canned fruit that are lightly sweetened or packed in their own juice.

Read the labels carefully for sugar content; if the word sugar, sucrose, glucose, maltose, dextrose, lactose, fructose, or syrup appears first or near the top of the ingredient's list, then there are large amounts of sugar in this product.

Try not to add sugar to fresh fruits; enjoy the natural sweetness.

Try ice water with a slice of lemon or lime in place of sweetened or carbonated beverages.

Do not substitute honey or brown sugar for white sugar, thinking they are more nutritious or less sweet; they all have the same sugar content and amount of calories.

Decrease the use sweetened desserts, such as cakes, pies, and cookies.

Substitute fresh fruit or milk desserts for sweet baked desserts.

Decrease the use candy, jams, and jellies.

If sweet food is consumed, try to include them with a meal rather than just a snack.

When adding sugar to foods or recipes, try to use less; many recipes will tolerate less sugar than that called for.

Avoid adding sugar to coffee or tea.