Baking cookies may be a tradition come the holiday season, but just about any time of year is ideal for preparing favorite doughs and getting out those cookie sheets. In
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The expert added: Opt for fruit - fruits are unrefined and therefore are much better for you than other sweet snacks because of the fibre and nutrients they contain.
“The obvious conclusion here is to try replacing dessert or sugary snacks with whole fruits, but there may be other opportunities to do this as well, such as swapping sugar in your cereal or porridge for dried berries, or having strawberries with a little chocolate instead of a chocolate bar alone.”
The NHS website explains that adults should have no more than 30g of free sugars a day, which roughly equates to around seven sugar cubes.