Join us for a post-Halloween 7-Day No Sugar Challenge in our Live WELL community!  

Let’s keep our scales from getting the best of us and avoid feeling like crud because of too many holiday sweets! There will be daily support and accountability, random giveaways and more! Sign up at https://forms.gle/KhUXk586jRffNWTTA.

Here are some tips to help you as you prepare:

• Start cutting back on sugar NOW to help avoid a complete detox. 
• Do NOT go out and eat ALL the Halloween candy and sugar now before the challenge starts. You will feel miserable.
• Start reading labels and ingredient lists on food packaging. Everything you put in your mouth, turn it around and look at the label. 
• Carbohydrates is another word for sugar. Look at everything you put on your plate, and watch what you drink. Things like diet sodas, alcohol, salad dressings and sauces can be tricky. Almost all contain sugar or a sugar substitute.  
• Keep in mind even “fake sugar” like artificial sweeteners can make you crave sugar. If you’re allowing yourself to consume those, it’s possible they’re having the same (or worse) effect on you as real sugar.
• Drink more water. If you’re thinking about how full you are with water, you’re not thinking about food or sugar.
• Spoil yourself with meals that you love! If you take everything away that you love, you’ll feel miserable. Plan meals that you know you’re going to look forward to. Be excited about them! Focus on healthy proteins and vegetables.
• Clean out your fridges and pantries of temptations. Try to avoid buying things that don’t align with your health goals. 

Below are some common names for sugars, artificial sweeteners and sugar alcohols you’ll see on labels. If you’re going cold turkey, all of these would be something to avoid.

• Acesulfame K – Artificial Sweetener (E950)
• Advantame – Artificial Sweetener
• Agave Syrup – Modified Sugar
• Alitame – Artificial Sweetener (E956)
• Aspartame – Artificial Sweetener (E951)
• Aspartame-Acesulfame Salt – Artificial Sweetener (E962)
• Barley Malt Syrup – Modified Sugar
• Birch Syrup – Sugar Extract
• Blackstrap Molasses – Sugar Extract
• Brazzein – Natural Sweetener
• Brown Rice Syrup – Modified Sugar
• Cane Juice – Sugar Extract
• Caramel – Modified sugar
• Coconut Palm Sugar – Sugar Extract
• Corn Sugar (HFCS) – Modified sugar
• Corn Sweetener (HFCS) – Modified sugar
• Corn Syrup (HFCS) – Modified sugar
• Curculin – Natural Sweetener
• Cyclamate – Artificial Sweetener (E952)
• Dextrose – Sugar
• DouxMatok Sugar – Sugar
• Erythritol – Sugar Alcohol (E968)
• Fructooligosaccharide – Sugar Fiber
• Fructose Glucose Syrup (HFCS) – Modified sugar
• Fructose – Sugar
• Galactose – Sugar
• Glucitol (Sorbitol) – Sugar Alcohol (E420)
• Glucose – Sugar
• Glucose Fructose Syrup (HFCS) – Modified sugar
• Glycerol (Glycerin) – Sugar Alcohol (E422)
• Glycyrrhizin – Natural Sweetener (E958)
• Golden Syrup – Modified sugar
• High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) – Modified Sugar
• HFCS-42 – Modified Sugar
• HFCS-55 – Modified Sugar
• HFCS-90 – Modified Sugar
• High Maltose Corn Syrup (HMCS) – Modified Sugar
• Honey – Natural Sugar
• HSH – Sugar Alcohol
• Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate (HSH)- Sugar Alcohol
• Isomalto-oligosaccharide (IMO) – Sugar Fiber
• Isoglucose (HFCS) – Modified sugar
• Inulin – Sugar Fiber
• Inverted Sugar – Modified sugar
• Isomalt – Sugar Alcohol (E953)
• Lactitol – Sugar Alcohol (E966)
• Lactose – Sugar
• Levulose (Fructose) – Sugar
• Luo Han Guo – Natural Sweetener
• Maltitol – Sugar Alcohol (E965)
• Maltodextrin – Sugar
• Maltose – Sugar
• Mannitol – Sugar Alcohol (E421)
• Maple Syrup – Sugar Extract
• Miraculin – Natural Sweetener
• Molasses – Sugar Extract
• Monatin – Natural Sweetener
• Monellin – Natural Sweetener
• Monk Fruit (Luo Han Guo) – Natural Sweetener
• Neohesperidin DC – Artificial Sweetener (E959)
• Neotame – Artificial Sweetener (E961)
• Oligofructose – Sugar Fiber
• Palm Sugar – Sugar Extract
• Pentadin – Natural Sweetener
• Polydextrose – Sugar Fiber
• Rapadura – Sugar Extract
• Refiners Syrup – Modified Sugar
• Saccharin, – Artificial Sweetener (E954)
• Saccharose (Sucrose) – Sugar
• Sorbitol – Sugar Alcohol (E420)
• Sorghum Syrup – Sugar Extract
• Stevia – Natural Sweetener
• Stevioside – Natural Sweetener (E960)
• Sucralose – Artificial Sweetener (E955)
• Sucrose – Sugar
• Tagatose – Modified Sugar
• Thaumatin – Natural Sweetener (E957)
• Trehalose – Sugar
• Xylitol – Sugar Alcohol (E967)
• Yacon Syrup – Natural Sweetener