sugar
But do not, the food is “sugar free” are safe for health?
According to Jackie Newgent, RD, a nutritionist from New York City who is also the author of The All-Natural Diabetes Cookbook, sugar carbs can actually be found naturally in fruits. Eating sugar through the fruit’s, fine. What matters is the added sugar in our food during processing and preparation. This extra sugar was given to increase the food tastes.
When sugar is added during food manufacture, you certainly will not see the form of sugar. Actually, a lot of your food daily containing sugar, such as cookies, cakes, sweets, bread, biscuits, pizza, pasta sauce, barbecue sauce, ketchup, salad dressings, luncheon meat, soups, yogurt, and nutrition bars.
Sweet taste of sugar offered only give a little extra nutritional benefits, sometimes even no benefits at all. When you excess sugar, even if you’re doing well-balanced diet, you may experience excess calories. This is what then causes your body weight up. Not only that, according to the American Heart Association (AHA), intake of high added sugar can trigger obesity, high blood pressure, and the risk of heart disease and stroke.
Women are advised to consume only 6 teaspoons of tea per day or 100 calories. While men as much as 9 teaspoons, or 150 calories a day (AHA recommendations for women and American men). If you are young and active, that number could be added. Instead, reduce your sugar intake if you have grown old and you rarely move.
Hidden
When we buy a certain food or drink, it will rarely we see the word “sugar” in the packaging label. Sugar is already “translated” into brown sugar, corn sweetener, corn syrup, fructose, glucose, honey, syrup, barley, sugar drops, sucrose, and so forth.
You may also find sugar alcohols in the label. You know what character? All that ends in “ol”, such as sorbitol, mannitol, and xylitol. This type of sugar is technically not considered a sugar. All were considered to be carbohydrate-calorie sweeteners that have been reduced, so that only half the calories of sugar. Sugar free candies usually contain sugar alcohols.
You want to know how much sugar is added to your favorite drink?
Additional Sugar Drinks
341 ml of fruit punch 170 calories (11 tsp)
Berkola drink 341 ml 150 calories (9 tsp)
Energy drink 341 ml 150 calories (9 tsp)
341 ml sweet tea 110 calories (7 teaspoons)
341 ml of sports drink 80 calories (5 tsp)
After seeing this, you can conclude that a can of soda provides more than the recommended additional sugar for men and women in a day. Often, these additional sugar equal to the total calories in a drink.
Nonetheless, many are also rumors about the evils of sugar that is not true. For example, that sugar causes acne, hyperactivity, or diabetes. As long as you consume the recommended amount, you can still enjoy it.
