added sugar

In 1900, the average yearly sugar intake was 11 pounds per person. It’s now 96 pounds per person in North America, and as high as 140 pounds per person in the U.S. In contrast, it’s only 38 pounds per person per year in Asia.

The sugars found in fruit are fructose, glucose, and sucrose. Fructose and glucose are monosaccharides, the basic building block of any carbohydrate. Sucrose is a disaccharide, composed of 2 monosaccharides. A sucrose molecule is composed of one molecule each of fructose and glucose.

What do you think is more important diet or exercise? We know both are very important but does one outweigh the other? Strength workouts obviously plays a huge part in making gains in the gym

Despite what sport or workout you do, recovery is crucial. Without taking the time to rest and recover, you risk overtraining and making yourself more prone to injury.

Whether you binge on the weekend or are eating too much sugar on a daily basis, the impact of excessive sugar on your body can leave you feeling more sour than sweet.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, from 2000 through 2018, US obesity prevalence increased from 31 to 42 percent.

The average adult living in the US gains around two pounds a year.

Poor nutrition, as in eating too much added sugar, can easily ruin all the hard work someone puts in at the gym. Sugar is in just about everything we eat and drink.