Sweet As It Is

Please brown, red, green and blue sugar are all sugar!

Cut down on processed foods ramped with sugar!

They come in different names and sizes..

Like …
Agave sugar
Maple syrup
Beet sugar
Brown rice syrup
Corn syrup
High fructose corn syrup
Coconut sugar
Molasses
Fruit juice concentrate
Grape sugar
Turbinado sugar
Fruit juice
Cane sugar…

Just wanted to tell you… it’s sugar!

So whatever the name it is called… tied to a healthy food or not… like fruit smoothies (sorry … read the label)

It’s sugar!

Just FYI so that you’re not tricked by the name..

Instead: Find natural ways to enjoy sweets
…Like frozen grapes
…Sweet fruits

There’s no reason to avoid the sugar that’s naturally present in whole foods.

Fruit, vegetables, and dairy products naturally contain small amounts of sugar but also vitamins, minerals, fibers and other beneficial nutrients.

But sugar is still sugar.

Thank you for reading to this point!


Still with less sugar,

Dr. Olabintan

Author

Dr. Tolulope Olabintan MD, AAHIVS, FAAFP, dipABLM Dr. Tolulope Olabintan is the Co-Founder and Medical Director of Livingspring Family Medical Center. She is a Christian, Family Physician, writer, mentor, mother and wife. She takes joy in empowering her patients and readers to live their fullest lives possible. She helps patients live long and well as she believes that the quality of life is just as important as the quantity of life. She is also a foodie and loves the colors teal and orange. Dr. Olabintan completed her medical degree at UMDNJ Rutgers Medical School in 2007. Dr. O went on to finish her Family Medicine Residency from Albert Einstein College of Medicine Family Medicine residency where she also served as a Chief Resident. She then went on to complete a women’s health/surgical obstetrics fellowship at St Francis hospital in 2011. She is a board-certified Family Physician, Lifestyle Medicine, a HIV specialist and a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians.