Maya Feller Talks Sugar and Inflammation

I contributed this piece to Women of Today about sugar and its relation to inflammation in your body:

Sugar, Sugar, Sugar. It’s in the news and at the tip of everyone’s tongue. You have likely heard that you should cut down your sugar intake for various reasons, but did you know that one of the biggest reasons to be mindful of your sugar intake is to reduce inflammation in your body?

Recent studies have shown that consuming added sugar such as sugar-sweetened beverages increases inflammatory markers in the body. In fact, a study looking at nutritional data from over7,000 adults showed that consuming just 5% of your daily energy from added sugar was enough to raise inflammation markers in the body. For the average person, this amount is less than what’s typically found in one can of soda.