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What happens to your body when you stop eating sugar?

Cut added sugar and you could lower calories and body weight, which could improve your cholesterol. But it's not just the weight loss. Even at the same weight as others, people who got less than 20% of their calories from added sugars tended to have lower triglycerides.

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American Medical Association: “Why added-sugar nutrition labeling could save lives, money.”

Critical Reviews in Clinical Laboratory Sciences: “Sugar consumption, metabolic disease and obesity: The state of the controversy.” European Journal of Nutrition: “Controversies about sugars: results from systematic reviews and meta-analyses on obesity, cardiometabolic disease and diabetes.” Harvard Health: “Eating too much added sugar increases the risk of dying with heart disease,” “Why—and how—you should steer clear of added sugars.”

Harvard School of Public Health: “Carbohydrates and Blood Sugar.”

Michigan State University: “How to convert grams of sugars into teaspoons.”

National Health Service: “Tooth decay.”

NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: “NIH Guidelines on Overweight and Obesity: Electronic Textbook,” “Limit Fat and Sugar.” UCSF SugarScience: “Sugar-Sweetened Beverages,” “Too Much Can Make Us Sick,” “Hidden in Plain Sight,” “Frequently Asked Questions.”

FDA: “Changes to the Nutrition Facts Label.”

University of California San Francisco SugarScience: “Hidden In Plain Sight.”

USDA: “Find Your Healthy Eating Style & Maintain It for a Lifetime.”

World Health Organization: “Sugars and dental caries.”

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