Dried: Check the label for and avoid added sugar, especially on fruits.

If you're trying to lose weight, avoiding sugar is one of the best ways to reduce your calorie intake.

"The main reason to avoid sugar is that it ages your arteries," he says.

Also avoid sugar, alcohol, and animal fats (except fish oil; see next bullet point).

Now, hoping to slow its progress, he avoids sugar and fat and almost never eats meat.

I have become vegetarian, but more particularly, my food allergist told me to avoid sugar.

Most people avoid sugar for one particular reason - eating too much sugar is an easy way to gain weight.

"The person with a problem must learn to live with it, just as a diabetic learns to take insulin and avoid sugar."

A plan to promote healthier school meals should work if it can help youngsters avoid fat, sugar and salt.

Homemade food makes it easy to avoid excess salt, sugar, and preservatives.