The Slash Added Sugars Challenge
Healthy living is a journey. It happens one step at a time. In this challenge, our progress happens one food/drink choice at a time.
In our Slash Added Sugars Challenge, we’ll practice overcoming sugar cravings and habits in order to increase our overall wellbeing and lower our chances of disease.
Prep for the #SlashAddedSugars Challenge (starting tomorrow November 6-26). If you’re reading this but don’t get our daily wellness texts, you can still join the challenge! Just text SUGAR to 1(224)302-6224 to get started.
Or, sign up below:
By the way, the inspo behind the challenge was this community right here! I was all set to start a different challenge this month, but you all were vocal about your need to create a healthier relationship with sugar- NOW! So, that’s what we’ll work on together.
For more discussion about the upcoming challenge, check out our last #PhyteWellWednesday Workshop recording here and/or read below.
How To Win the #SlashAddedSugars Challenge
WHAT IS THE SLASH ADDED SUGARS CHALLENGE?
Cut back on added sugars that we eat and drink. Added sugar is sugar that’s added to foods and drinks (including table sugar, syrups like agave and maple and high-fructose corn syrup as well as honey). We’re most likely to find added sugars in refined/highly-processed food. But, sometimes added sugars hide in food we normally think of as healthy! So, we have to be vigilant.
Not sure whether your food or drink has added sugars? Here’s how you can find added sugars in the ingredients list and the nutrition facts.
WHEN IS THE SLASH ADDED SUGARS CHALLENGE?
The challenge lasts 21 days. If you’re doing it live, it’ll run from Sunday November 6th to November 27th. (November 6th is your prep day)
HOW CAN YOU WIN THE SLASH ADDED SUGARS CHALLENGE?
Choose 1 food or drink that you use on a daily or near-daily basis that has more than 6 grams of added sugar in it.
Our goal is to cut out at least 6 grams of that added sugar (by eating less-or-none of the food).
WHY TRY THE SLASH ADDED SUGARS CHALLENGE?
Eating too much added sugar can increase our chances of gaining dangerous weight and developing conditions like high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke. Filling up on added sugar also means we might be missing out on the plant magic of whole foods sugars (like fruits and veggies).
See, whole food sugar comes with perks that keep our bodies healthy: fiber, vitamins and the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits of phytonutrients. But, the more highly-processed items that tend to deliver the way too many added sugars don’t have deliver as many of those healthy perks.
Meanwhile, in case you’re trying to decide how to handle your post-Halloween candy… pop over to the blog to learn 6 hacks for beating that sugar craving.
Not sure whether your food or drink has added sugars? Here’s how you can find added sugars in the ingredients list and the nutrition facts.