Sugar Is Hidden in Almost Everything You Buy

Check the labels on bread, sauces, yogurt, and granola — sugar is in places you'd never suspect. Manufacturers use dozens of names for it: dextrose, maltose, high-fructose corn syrup, agave nectar. You don't need to quit sugar entirely, but you deserve to know how much you're actually consuming. Once you start reading ingredient lists, the picture changes fast. Awareness alone tends to shift your choices without any willpower required.