Anything containing sugar needs to be avoided, it is highly addictive and highly detrimental to health and fat loss goals. It is important to learn how to become a sugar detective by knowing how to read food labels.

Some foods will have half a dozen different types of sugar in the ingredients to help disguise the content; look out for words listed on the label ending in “ose” this means it is sugar. Examples are sucrose, maltose, dextrose, fructose, glucose and so on.

Eating sugar creates a never-ending roller coaster ride for hormones such as insulin and cortisol, both fat storing hormones.