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Want to know why it is so hard to avoid taking in so much sugar? Because it is in everything and it is everywhere. Do you know what the most common addiction in America is? Sugar addiction. Here is a list of 50 other names of sugar for you to look for in the products you have or want to buy.
- Barley malt
- Beet sugar
- Brown sugar
- Buttered syrup
- Cane juice crystals
- Cane sugar
- Caramel
- Corn syrup
- Corn syrup solids
- Confectioner’s sugar
- Carob syrup
- Castor sugar
- Date sugar
- Demerara sugar
- Dextran
- Dextrose
- Diastatic malt
- Diatase
- Ethyl maltol
- Fructose
- Fruit juice
- Fruit juice concentrate
- Galactose
- Glucose
- Glucose solids
- Golden sugar
- Golden syrup
- Grape sugar
- High-fructose corn syrup
- Honey
- Icing sugar
- Invert sugar
- Lactose
- Maltodextrin
- Maltose
- Malt syrup
- Maple syrup
- Molasses
- Muscovado sugar
- Panocha
- Raw sugar
- Refiner’s syrup
- Rice syrup
- Sorbitol
- Sorghum syrup
- Sucrose
- Sugar
- Treacle
- Turbinado sugar
- Yellow sugar
All that being said, I would still take these sugars over artificial sweeteners. The more research that comes out, the more it seems like artificial sweeteners are a big problem in this country. The research has shown that it causes multiple problems from overeating to bloating to a possible increased cancer risk.
If you are currently using these products, I would recommend you start weaning yourself off of them today. I really think it is that important.