RIO Fitness Chicago® Exercise & Nutrition Blog

RIO Fitness Chicago® Tip:

If you have just three sodas, juices, or sports drinks a day, you're consuming over 16,000 tablespoons of sugar a year! All that sugar = body fat gain, because 1) if excess sugar is not burned immediately, it is stored as body fat & 2) it spikes our insulin (blood sugar) levels which triggers the body to raise levels of the body fat producing hormone cortisol. Start drinking more water! At least 80oz/day, and closer to 120oz if you exercise regularly. Water has zero cal/fat/sugar, and also will help prevent overeating, because many confuse that hungry feeling that the body wants a meal, when instead that hungry feeling is the body saying it's dehydrated.