Stopping Sugar Cravings With Cinnamon

It can be hard to find packaged foods in the supermarket aisles these days that doesn’t have sugar in one of its many forms as one of the main ingredients. Breads and other baked goods, processed meals (whether sweet or savory), breakfast cereals, dairy products, drinks, and snacks of just about every kind are all loaded with sugar.

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Helen Sanders is chief editor at HealthAmbition.com. Established in 2012, Health Ambition has grown rapidly in recent years. Our goal is to provide easy-to-understand health and nutrition advice that makes a real impact. We pride ourselves on making sure our actionable advice can be followed by regular people with busy lives. Follow on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/healthambition

Is Fruit Bad For You? A Science-Backed Answer

Fruit is a food group that has been in existence for thousands of years. Throughout the nineteenth century, advances in technology and transport made it possible for most people to access a wide variety of many kinds of fruit from all over the world.

From aromatic, tropical mangoes, pineapple, and papaya to the spiky Asian durian and the distinctive dragon fruit, we all have our favorites.

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Helen Sanders is chief editor at HealthAmbition.com. Established in 2012, Health Ambition has grown rapidly in recent years. Our goal is to provide easy-to-understand health and nutrition advice that makes a real impact. We pride ourselves on making sure our actionable advice can be followed by regular people with busy lives. Follow on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/healthambition

What About All the Sugar in Fruit?

Scared of Fructose?

If the fructose in sugar and high fructose corn syrup has been considered “alcohol without the buzz” in terms of the potential to inflict liver damage, what about the source of natural fructose, fruit?

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Cinnamon sticks and powder on tabletop.
02/05/2019
It can be hard to find packaged foods in the supermarket aisles these days that doesn’t have sugar in one of its many forms as one of the main ingredients. Breads and other baked goods,... read more
Many baskets of various colorful fruits.
07/24/2018
Fruit is a food group that has been in existence for thousands of years. Throughout the nineteenth century, advances in technology and transport made it possible for most people to access a wide... read more
Two bowls of fruit, strawberries, blueberries, oranges, kiwis.
08/30/2016
Scared of Fructose? If the fructose in sugar and high fructose corn syrup has been considered “alcohol without the buzz” in terms of the potential to inflict liver damage, what about the... read more
Cinnamon sticks and powder on tabletop.
02/05/2019
It can be hard to find packaged foods in the supermarket aisles these days that doesn’t have sugar in one of its many forms as one of the main ingredients. Breads and other baked goods,... read more
Many baskets of various colorful fruits.
07/24/2018
Fruit is a food group that has been in existence for thousands of years. Throughout the nineteenth century, advances in technology and transport made it possible for most people to access a wide... read more
Two bowls of fruit, strawberries, blueberries, oranges, kiwis.
08/30/2016
Scared of Fructose? If the fructose in sugar and high fructose corn syrup has been considered “alcohol without the buzz” in terms of the potential to inflict liver damage, what about the... read more