Try Dried Fruits

on sodas and candy! That goes a long way. Of course, read labels and choose packaged foods with little or no sugar added. Next, look to dried fruits to provide added sweetness.

When you skip the sugar and sweeten with dried fruits, you’re getting all the good natural sweetness along with the fiber and valuable vitamins and minerals contained in the whole fruit. But remember that fruit contains a lot of sugar, natural though it is. It also contains a lot of water. So when the fruit is dried, it becomes concentrated and energy-dense, so don’t go overboard! Concentrated calories do add up. And if you are sensitive to sugars, you may need to cut back on dried fruit as well. Just because dried fruit is natural doesn’t mean that it is well tolerated by everyone.

To spare the added sugar and sweeten with dried fruit, start here:

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