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Registered dietitian Matthew Kadey takes a look at the science of what added sugar does to your health, plus simple tricks to scale back.

It’s a fact that you cannot gain weight overnight, but if the scale is jumping up a few pounds and fluctuating like crazy, blame it on water weight. If you have gained more than 500 gm of weight overnight, count it as water weight too. Human body is made of approximately 60% water and when the body retains more water than that due to various reasons, in between tissues and cells, it leads to puffiness and bloating, and can be easily mistaken as fat gain. In this post, we would list down factors that can make you gain water weight so that you do not feel frustrated and demotivated when the s...

• syrup sugar molecules ending in "ose" (dextrose, fructose, glucose, lactose, maltose, sucrose). In addition to the terms, a little math is required as well when checking to see just how many grams per serving of sugar is listed and figuring out whether the serving size is your reasonably expected intake size. How Much Sugar is Allowable? According to the American Heart Association, men should consume no more than 9 teaspoons (36 grams or 150 calories) of added sugar per day. For women, the number is lower: 6 teaspoons (25 grams or 100 calories) per day. This roughly translates to one can...