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Years ago, I had a client who ate pristinely, removed food intolerance’s from her diet, combined weight resistance with burst training, got eight hours of sleep every night, and controlled her stress levels.

Despite that persistent effort, the scales wouldn’t budge, and I remained baffled.

Until one morning, that is, when I ran into her on my way to the gym holding a venti Starbucks. “Coffee or tea?” I asked.

Turns out, she was drinking a non-fat Skinny Cinnamon Dolce Latte. Since this was pre-iPhone, during my next visit to Starbucks I picked up a nutrition guide. Turns out that “skinny” drink contained a whopping five teaspoons of sugar.
Bam. I found the culprit.

Unlike my client, perhaps you’re aware coffee drinks can become sugar bombs, but even the most health-conscious among us struggle to know everywhere sugar hides and how to avoid those things. It can feel incredibly daunting.

Sneaky sugars hide in places you’d never suspect, including whole foods, diet foods, packaged fruit, drinks, and dressings. Stevia in the Raw packets, which sound perfectly healthy, contain dextrose (sugar) as its first ingredient. A little misleading, eh?

The first step to curbing sugar consumption involves learning its many names. My friend Jonathan Bailor conveniently compiled 57 (!) of them in this HuffPost blog.

Once you have that list, you’ll want to diligently inspect labels. Never mind whether it says “no sugar added” or any other nutrition claims. You’ve got to actually read ingredients to know for sure.

Even I became shocked to learn about seemingly innocuous foods that contain added sugars. How many of these 10 offenders would you have guessed?