Starting Sunday, October 22 @ 11:59 PM, until Sunday, October 29 11:59 PM  your challenge is to ...

Cut Back On Sugar

In this week's challenge you must Cut Back On Sugar. Don’t be alarmed—but something’s hiding in your food. From the cereal you had for breakfast to the dressing on your salad to the ketchup on your fries, an addictive substance is lurking in many foods that you'd never suspect. Far more loathed than fat or cholesterol these days, sugar has become public enemy No. 1 when it comes to the health of America. In fact, in our effort to listen to doctors' orders (and government guidelines) to consume less fat and less cholesterol, Americans turned to “healthy” low-fat foods that were actually loaded with sugar.

It can lower your blood pressure

Lower your bad cholesterol

Decrease your heart attack risk

Keeps your brain sharp

You'll be less likely to have Alzheimer's and dementia

You'll be less likely to have depression

You'll break your addiction to the sweet stuff

It'll keep your skin looking young and clear

It will lower your risk of diabetes

It can help prevent fatty liver disease

It can help reduce your risk of certain cancers

Your breath will be sweeter

You'll breathe easier

You'll have more energy

You'll have fewer cravings

You'll make fewer trips to the dentist and doctor

You'll save money



Suggested Reading:
The Killer American Diet That's Sweeping The Planet - Learn more here.
How Giving Up Refined Sugar Changed My Brain - Learn more here.
A Month Without Sugar - Learn more here.
Sugar-Free Wellness - Learn more here.

This challenge was closed on 10/29/2017

2  members have accepted this challenge.
2  members have completed this challenge.

Congratulations to these participants for completing the challenge.   Hemant v. V Gandhi   Naresh K Chadha

The Weekly Health Challenge is a self-audited program designed to motivate the JCSC Wellness participants in reducing BMI on a weekly basis.

How it works:

1. Each week there will be a new health challenge. You can accept the challenge by accepting the pledge for each challenge. You can only accept a challenge from midnight on Sunday to midnight on Tuesday.

2. At the end of the week, you can declare if you have completed the challenge. You can only mark a challenge as completed from midnight on Sunday to midnight on Tuesday.

3. Every week, the participants that complete the challenge will be recognized on this page.