Decrease your sugar!
Too much sugar can:
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Make you gain weight
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Zap your energy
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Rot your teeth
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Cause pimples
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Lead to diabetes, heart disease and even certain cancers
What is the safe limit?
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No more than 24 grams of ADDED sugar in 24 hours
What is added sugar?
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It is sugar that is not naturally found in food. While fruits, vegetables, and milk products contain sugar, it is naturally occurring. We are count- ing added sugars. It is listed on food labels.
Other names for sugar:​
There are at least 61 different names for sugar listed on food labels. These include:
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Sucrose
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High-fructose
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Corn syrup concentrated fruit juice honey
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Brown sugar
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Agave
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Raw sugar
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Barley malt
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Dextrose
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Maltose
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Rice syrup
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And more
Where does sugar hide?
​We know that sweets have sugar but other food can contain high levels of sugar and not be sweet.
Drinks​:
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Colas (20 oz) = +60 grams
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Sports drinks = + 34 grams
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Sweetened teas = +60 grams
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Energy drinks = +50 grams
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Fruit juices
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ex. Orange juices 16 oz = +46 grams
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Chocolate milk 16 oz = +40 grams
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Where sugar can hide:
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Granola bars
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Smoothies
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Fruit snacks
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Salad dressings Yogurts
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Protein bars
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Crackers Cakes
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Flavored chips
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Bread
How to read a food label:
A key step in good nutrition is understanding exactly what is going into your body. Reading the labels on what we eat can help with that.
To figure out how much sugar is in each container:
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Locate the number of serving per container
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Locate the sugar content
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Multiply the two together (in this example: 1x65 = 65g)
