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Episode: Foods with healthy-sounding buzzwords could be hiding added sugar in plain sight
Description: Many consumers feel pride in avoiding the glazed pastries in the supermarket and instead opting for “all-natural” granola that comes packed with extra protein. The same goes for low-fat yogurts “made with real fruit,” organic plant-based milks, and bottled “superfood” smoothies.
However, buyers should be aware that healthy grocery buzzwords like those often cover up an unhealthy amount of sugar.
Added sugars are difficult to quickly spot because many companies use clever marketing to distract consumers, said Nicole Avena, a professor of neuroscience and psychiatry at Mount Sinai Medical School and Princeton University who has studied added sugars.
Avena said while some h...