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Just a spoonful of sugar…..

Added Sugar

Just a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down. In the most delightful way.

My mom used applesauce with us, though for a while, I thought all applesauce had a hint of Aspirin taste. Can you relate? What I want to introduce you to is added sugars. They are in almost all packaged foods so look out! It is important to learn how to read labels. For starters let’s learn about how much added sugar the typical North American eats and the recommended by the American Heart Association.

Some FACTS! On ADDED sugars.

Added Sugar

Average American consumes 22 teaspoons (88g) of added sugar a day! That’s 360 calories, lacking nutrients!  We want to reduce this to 0 if possible or 6 tsp (24 g) for women, 9 tsp (36 g) for men. (Reference – American Heart Association to help slow the obesity and heart disease epidemics).  I believe this is possible to reduce added sugar to 0-6 tsp for women, 0-9 tsp for men.  This is Real – and something we can change with our daily choices. 

ADDED SUGARS

Added sugars is written on food labels for package, cans, or sauces. Learning how to read labels is necessary. Learning to identify the names of sugar is a great skill to have. The suffix -ose is used in biochemistry to form the names of sugars. So that’s a great start for identifying sugar in your foods. 

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