What are you snacking on?

Snacking is basically unavoidable unless you have the upmost level of self-control and can simply resist eating between meals. Even when you can bring yourself to not eat between meals, it is not necessarily a good thing. Snacking is one of those practices that can actually have some pretty fantastic health benefits, so long as you make sure to snack responsibly. Your snacks should be balanced and offer you some sort of positive nutrition. Bad snacks on the other hand offer little to no nutritional value and are typically empty calories. Read on to learn about the worst sugar laden snacks that you should most definitely avoid.

Sugar Laden Foods to Avoid Snacking on

1. Low-Fat Yogurt

Yogurt is normally a great snack; it is a nutrient dense food that has probiotic properties. But non-fat or low-fat yogurt should be avoided. They typically have extra sugar added to them for the sake of taste.

2. Sauces

This is probably the hardest group of foods to give up. Sauces typically have a lot of added sugar in them, which is why they taste so delicious. Try to eat foods that do not taste better when dipped in BBQ sauce or ketchup.

3. Fruit Juice

It is always a good idea to include whole fruits in your diet. But you should avoid fruit juice, because fruit juice typically has high concentration of sugar, even when you don’t add sugar to it. This is because you can only get a little bit of juice from each fruit. So, each glass of fruit juice is basically a concentrated glass of multiple fruits.

4. Sodas, Sports Drinks, and Commercial Juices

These drinks need to be avoided at all costs. They have the highest concentration of sugar amongst just about anything you choose to drink.