Tuesday July 7th 2015

Is sugar the new addiction? In my opinion yes, yes it is. First the sciency stuff:
Sugar is a carb found naturally in a lot of foods like milk, honey and fruit. The good news is we need some sugar in our diets to supply us with energy to fuel our muscles and keep our brains active. However, the average person does not just stop at some berries or a few dates. We crave the processed junk with tonnes of added sugar, giving our bodies energy in the form of empty calories. What this does is it makes our bodies draw on the nutrients from the remainder of our diet to process it. This affects our overall health including,immunity, hormones, energy levels as well as a host of other more potentially serious illnesses. Plus because of the effects of sugar on hormones and the brain, sugar dramatically increases the risk of becoming overweight or obese.Which leads me to the addiction theory a  high intake of sugar causes our blood sugar levels to shoot up, giving us that high followed by a crash which leaves us craving more sugar. Text book
definition of addiction right?  So how much is too much? The approximate RDI (recommended daily intake) of added†sugar is 25 grams for women and 35 grams for men. Eyeball those food labels people!! (more on that next month). Check the ingredients list for anything ending in 'ose' (glucose, sucrose, fructose, lactose, maltose) these
are all forms of sugar, as are honey, agave, molasses and syrups like corn and rice syrup. The higher up the ingredients list, the more sugar the product contains. Just another reason to stick to whole, natural foods!
Examples of sugar content in common foods:
Medium banana 17
grams
Medium Green Apple10
grams
1 Date 4.5
grams
1 cup 2% milk12
grams
Can of Coke 39
grams
Small Tims coffee 1 cream, 1 sugar 9
grams
Small Tims hot chocolate 38
grams
Clif Banana nut bread bar 21
grams
6 oz Yoplait strawberry yogurt 27
grams
3.5 oz Animal Crackers25
grams
4 twizzlers 19
grams

Doesn’t take much to hit your RDI! Choose wisely my friends.

Prep
400m run 
Alternaiting Tabata of:
Hollow holds 
Super man holds 

Burgner warm up 

Strength 
3 Position Snatch E2Mx7 @ 70% 

Conditioning 
For time:
50 Cal row 
40 Back squats 65/95
30 Power snatch 65/95
20 Thrusters 65/95
10 OHS 65/95 

Recovery 
Easy walk or row 
Monster walks x 10x3 
Pigeon stretch