16 easy ways to eat less sugar

Let's face it. We're addicted to sugar. We need it in our coffees in the morning, on our cereals, in our yoghurts and at our desks in the afternoon. We wake up craving it, and go to sleep dreaming about it (if, like us, your dreams mostly consist of floating around in a giant tub of Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough ice cream with your mouth open). This week the NHS have introduced a Sugar Tax on their premises to try and reduce health risks associated with sugar consumption, but, do we need a nationwide Sugar Tax?

High sugar diets can cause skin to age prematurely, bodies to gain weight, erratic moods swings and mammoth energy slumps. And that's before we even consider the long-term risks associated with excessive consumption, like diabetes and heart disease. This probably makes the Sugar Detox one of the most sensible diet plans we've seen in aeons and the rise of many diet focused on cutting sugar like the famous FODMAP diet plan. But if you're not ready to go completely cold turkey, here are some easy swaps you can make to your diet to reduce your intake, sharpish, and loose a couple of pounds in the process, too.

Find out about the hidden sugars in "healthy" foods here.