Food Network Kitchens reports, "the median American eats the equivalent of 20 teaspoons (40 grams) of added sugar a day. That's twice the recommended amount." How does that much sugar get into our diet every day?
When you buy packaged food and drinks, you're likely to ingest a lot more sugar than if you were to prepare foods and drinks at home.
The daunting part is that companies may be sneaking sugars into your foods and drinks without you even realizing it. Be on the look out for words like "fructose," "glucose," and "sucrose"-they all mean "sugar," and if you're not trained to look out for these words, you may be intelligent more sugar than you realize.
According to Sugar Stacks your popular drinks are filled to the brim with sugar:
1 20 ounce bottle of Mountain Dew contains 77 grams
1 8 ounce bottle of Snapple Lemon Iced Tea contains 23 grams
1 8 ounce bottle of Vitamin Water contains 13 grams
Your popular packaged foods aren't that much healthier, according to Sugar Stacks:
1 Cinnabon Cinnamon Roll contains 55 grams
1 6 ounce container of Strawberry Yoplait Yogurt contains 27 grams
A 40 gram serving of Craisins contains 26 grams
1 Frosted Cherry Pop Tart contains 17 grams
1 Strawberry Nutrigrain Cereal Bar contains 13 grams
Ingesting too much sugar leads to diabetes and obesity. Cut down on your sugar intake by establishment foods at home with the aid of your HealthMaster. When you make fresh-squeezed juices at home, don't add the extra sugar. Same goes for smoothies: blended fruit contains adequate sugar to satisfy your sweet tooth.
When you make homemade yogurt using your HealthMaster, you can not only reduce the number of sugar that goes into the yogurt but you can also add fresh-fruit toppings instead of the sugary syrups found in many store-bought varieties. Even little things like forgoing the sugar cube in your coffee can help save you from ill health and tooth decay. All the time be on the watch for ways to reduce your sugar intake. How do you combat sugar?
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