Sugar Busters! Diet

What it is: The Sugar Busters! Diet aims to change your eating habits, not just for weight loss but for an overall healthier way of living. The plan reduces the amount of sugar you regularly consume and shows you how to eat and exercise regularly. Sugar is not completely removed from your meals but it should be significantly decreased.

How it works: Sugar is a carbohydrate which is converted into fat by insulin in your body. Therefore there is unnecessary fat stores in your body, especially since more fat is derived from sugar than actual fat during consumption.

What you do: The Sugar Busters! Diet is filled with plenty of vegetables and whole grains, fruit, lean protein and lots of water. The amount of fiber intake should be increased and sugar intake decreased.. Dieters should find a suitable replacement for sugar such as Splenda and will get all the sugar the body needs from natural sources such as fruits. Diets will eat three, portion-controlled meals everyday as well as approved snacks. Exercise is also important to this diet – followers are expected to spend 20 minutes, four days a week, doing a cardio workout.

Benefits: The Sugar Busters! Website provides recipes and a store with books of information as well as grocery items such as breads and pasta that are Sugar Busters! approved. The Sugar Busters! diet is a healthy lifestyle adjustment.

Downside: There really aren’t any downsides to speak of for the Sugar Busters! diet…unless you have a bad sweet tooth!