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When did you last go a day without sugar? It is public health enemy number one, so perhaps it has been some time since you last had a chocolatey treat, doughnut or a syrup dosed milky coffee. Maybe you’ve stopped buying white sugar, granulated or in powder.

But before you get too smug, think again. Experts now warn that it is hidden sugars, often in our beloved supermarket ready meals and so-called low-fat snacks which are causing serious trouble. All the extra sugar in our diets have crept up on us, partly because we have become a nation of snackers.
Nigerians consume more than twice as much sugar in one day compared to the global average. We are addicted to sugar and many of us do not realise because we don’t understand where sugar is hidden or how to avoid it. We have been wrongly encouraged to eat a low-fat diet to lose weight and control some health conditions such as diabetes. The result of our ignorance is everywhere. At least half of all adults are obese.
You might think a vanilla latte and a blueberry muffin are a harmless enough breakfast but together they provide more than the daily recommended sugar for adults (around 30 grams). That is the equivalent of six teaspoonfuls a day.

Understanding sugar
There are several different sugars, but the one you buy in the supermarket is known chemically as sucrose. Sucrose is a molecule created by two simpler sugars, fructose and glucose, joined together. Despite repeated expert warnings and health messages, there is still a lot of confusion over sugar. We don’t, for example, seem to respect that sugar in fruit (called fructose) or in carbohydrate foods (called glucose) can be just as dangerous to the body when consumed in excess. After all, white sugar (sucrose) is made up of fructose and glucose. Even natural sweeteners such as honey, agave nectar and maple syrup contain one or all of them. Although fruit juice and smoothies count towards one of your five-a-day, they too can have naturally occurring sugar levels approaching those of Coca Cola.

The new fruit rules
May people are genuinely mystified as to where the sugar in their diet comes from as they believe they have already cut out all the sugar they can think of. From chocolate bars to sugar in their tea. Often thinking that “fruit is healthy”, they are eating loads of bananas, pounds of grapes, oranges, mangoes and wondering why they still gain weight. A variant of this is drinking too much fresh orange or fruit smoothies. Fruit provides important vitamins and minerals and fibre so it shouldn’t be avoided altogether. But choose less naturally sugary fruits like raspberries, blueberries, grapefruit or lemons, instead of mangoes, pineapples or grapes. Limit your portions to one or two a day (we should get most of our five a day nutrient from vegetables) and have whole fruit rather than juice or smoothies.

Choose your carbs wisely
The number 1 rule, is to avoid processed food and cook from scratch. Reducing starchy carbs such as white bread, cereals, white rice, white pasta is another important way to cut your sugar intake. So, swap your cereal or toast at breakfast for an omelette with mushrooms and cheese or porridge and choose whole grain or seeded loaves over white bread. These take longer to digest and cause a smaller peak in insulin levels.
Irrespective of their source, the body processes sugar the same way for use as energy, but what it needs is a slow, steady supply rather than a series of deluges. Being too radical won’t work. While we can give up granular types of sugar, dieticians agree on eating a good variety of food in moderation rather than excluding whole food groups.

http://guardian.ng/life/wellness/how-to-successfully-cut-down-on-sugar/amp/

meandyou3:
Pls house i was invited for Truc maintenance manager Position in Rahamaniyya oil and gas. I am far away from lagos and their criteria for the job was 10 years experience and age bracket of 35 years upward which i didnt qualify for either but i just applied and i got an invite.Pls house i would like to be admonished if i should go as transport fare is much and I would not like to waste my transport fare, also does anyone know anything about the company like pay etc. Also is there anyone in the house with me?

pls go! they invited you because you had the requisite skills. forget about the age and experience

eddie7:
Nice innovation

not different from LinkedIn jare

valemtech:
Double sims

hmmm...

valemtech:
Dont get like sim card or what be explicit.

sim cards

valemtech:
sure pls do

does it take some cards

valemtech:
We have been selling it in Jumia and konga for the past 4 years and we sell well at Ikeja
Google valem tablet

hmmm... I need to check reviews on your product before I purchase it.

valemtech:
Brand Valem 10.1-Inch (2GB,16GB ROM) Quadcore Screen:IPS screen Android 7, 8MP + 2MP Dual Sim battery 4500mah Free :leather porch Free :screen guard call or whatsap:08037607036 Price: N38500

who has used this before

kio052001:
I use the #500 for 6gb, 25days on my phone and I download anything I want on the 2g network, I even stream live program Tru my StarTimes mobile app.
I have been using it for more than 6 months now, as I type this message you are reading, I'll be sending it using the airtel 2g network, so check ur phone properly and the network u have in ur environment

pls what's the code

sekxy:
how is my life a story...please you must not quote me to say what you are not aware of

more stories... *sighs*

sekxy:
this is what I did on my IT....sometimes when i have the opportunity to work cars I do so deligently. ..because I have not snapped myself and post on NL....lol

stories!

Bratking:
marvelling you're too foolish beyond words. oh my. lolol.

others are creating threads to educate and enlighten, this fool created a thread just to spew thrash!
Asshat, you have too much time on ya hands. your level of maturity too much jare!

I created this thread to teach you a lesson and to avoid derailing the other thread with your senseless and puerile banter! But unfortunately, you proved to be a coward by not coming here! I have created more threads for enlightenment of nairalanders than you have ever done. Go through my post and see the knowledge and wisdom I impart whenever I comment. You are too miniscule to measure up to me. Nothing more than a brat without manners! You are indeed a fool!

marvelling:
bratking oya come here let me discombobulate you! hopeless swine that thinks through his anus and has shits for brains! you can't even reason like a normal human being. Opening your mouth to spew trash!

haha! the dull nigga* can't respond! I understand bratking! I know what you are thinking. don't be scared, I was just gonna spank you a little bit! next time be careful

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Deicide:
ok, its ok so explain how free will is an illusion do you mean if i make a decision am not the one actually making it?

the inevitability of destiny makes freewill redundant. You are making a decision to meet a preset line of events in which you have no real Control over. Other (spiritual) forces compel you to act or do things in certain ways under the guise of offering you a choice. This choice you make whatever it may be will lead to a predetermined outcome. You have no freewill, because your choices are not your own!

Bratking:
lolol. Stop trying to be a smartass, you're too foolish to even compute. You have diarrhea of the mouth, constipation of the ideas. You mind is obviously on vacation. Why don't you shock me huh? say something intelligent.

I will open a special thread to destroy you! hopeless f001

Deicide:
Freewill is an illusion can you elaborate on that? and predestination is a religious idea i think this thread is more of the philosophy of freewill

I was arguing from the religious perspective. Anyway...

Bratking:
Biitch. So that's the best repartee you can come up with? Witless dolt.

I don't want to derail this beautiful thread. but if you test me, you'll get the spanking of your existence

adollyboy:
Two of my staff rendered the company service to a client this morning.They however did not remit the #500 being cost of service rendered.Unfortunately,they were caught.Right now am thinking of sacking them to serve as deterrence to others.Will my action be justified looking at the amount involved?

yes! you will be justified. sack them. today they stole N500, tomorrow they might steal N500,000. Be swift and decisive. Take action against them to deter others.