Sugar Comes With Unhealthy Friends

Sugar Comes With Unhealthy Friends

Another problem with eating a high-sugar food is that it tends to bring some other bad friends along with it, including refined flour, which lacks fiber and other nutrients. “The problem with a diet high in added sugars is that it usually means that the diet is lacking in a variety of other nutrient-rich foods that would provide more fiber and important vitamins and minerals,” says Alison Massey, MS, RD, a registered dietitian at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore. “Foods with a lot of added sugars also usually contain a lot of unhealthy saturated and perhaps even trans fats, which are unhealthy for the heart and generally high in calories.”