Cutting HFCS out of you diet is only going to help you. that’s all I can say.

I’ve generally tried to cut out refined and processed sugary products from my diet. I still eat wholemeal bread and pasta on training days (which do contain some sugars) and occasionally treat myself to a can of soda (probably once every week or two) but overall I would say my diet has improved significantly and my sugar/HCFS intake has gone down significantly during the last year.

Great article, very in depth as always.

I personally avoid sugar pretty much as often as possible. I stopped drinking soda about a year ago… the only time I’ll have it is if I’m drinking alcohol with it, like a jack and coke — figure I’m doing damage with the alcohol already, haha

Right now I’m trying out xylitol as a sugar alternative, I like the taste can’t really tell a difference in my coffee and it has 40% less calories than sugar (which I don’t use a lot of anyways), was studied because it reduced the incidence of tooth decay, and most important to me — a GI index of 7 (compared to 100 for glucose).

There’s a couple other sugar alternatives I’d like to try in the future, once my supply of this “x stuff” runs out — but I like it so far

Do you use any natural sugar alternatives?

– Caleb