I didn’t know that either until I was told…

The recommendation by doctors  is to consume a maximum of 6 teaspoons of sugar a day and no more

How will you know how to calculate the amount of sugar in the product?

Look at the product’s label and look for the line where it says “sugars” and it appears in the table of nutritional values. The calculation is that every 5 grams of sugar is equal to one teaspoon. And now run with it and think how many teaspoons of sugar are in the products that you and the children love and eat in your daily life.

The product name is the number of teaspoons of sugar

• Single toffee candy – 1.25 teaspoons of sugar
• Ice popsicle – 2 teaspoons of sugar
• Tik-take – 5 teaspoons of sugar
• (Nutella) 350 grams – 40 teaspoons of sugar
• Single Oreo cookie – 1 teaspoon of sugar
• Dark chocolate Bar 100 Grams – 10- teaspoons of sugar
• Peanut spread 462 Grams 8 – teaspoons of sugar

And how about soft drinks?

The name of the drink is the number of teaspoons of sugar in it

water 0

 

Orange Panetta 500 ml 13

 

Coca-Cola 500 ml 11

 

Orange juice 500 ml 10

 

 Peach ice tea 500 ml 8

500 ml is the personal bottle that i drink in two sips

And what kids eat these days just for their breakfast.

Kellogg’s Special K (crispy rice, wheat or barley cereal with dried berries) – 300 g 10

What is sugar and why it is not good for our health?

it causes blood sugar spikes and increases the risk of diabetes, hypertension and obesity. The three diseases that characterise the Western world in the 21st century.

Sugar is a general name for a group of edible carbohydrates with a characteristic sweet taste, and a crystalline structure (simple sugar, disaccharide), as well as the common name of the disaccharide sucrose. It is customary to call the name “sugar” also for other sweet mono- and di-sugars: glucose (grape sugar), fructose (fruit sugar) and lactose (milk sugar).

Sugar is widely used in both the food and beverage industries, and is a main ingredient in sweets and soft drinks. The habit of eating a diet high in added sugars has been linked to various health problems such as diabetes and obesity.

Sugar is actually a simple carbohydrate, and like other simple carbohydrates, it is characterized by rapid absorption into the bloodstream, a large jump in blood sugar levels and hence an increased risk of heart disease, diabetes and obesity.

Sugar does not appear in the complex form of the carbohydrate, so not only does it not contain the vitamins and fibre that complex carbohydrates contain, but it causes blood sugar spikes and increases the risk of diabetes, hypertension and obesity. The three diseases that characterise the Western world in the 21st century.

115 million tons of sugar products every year.

 

So why do we love sweet suger so much ???

The sweet taste is natural to us and originates from the connection that exists in nature between the sweet taste and food safety.

Foods that have a naturally sweet taste are almost always safe to eat, while bitter foods, for example, can be toxic.
The primal need for the sweet taste was observed in primitive cultures such as the Aboriginal Australians or the Bushmen in South Africa, who searched day and night for raw honey.

we have taken it one step too far!!!

 Where the Aboriginal Australians or Bushmen consume 1.8 kg per person per year,
the average person today consumes about 71.7 kg of sugar per year.

IS SUGAR IS LIKE A DRUG ?

Studies show that sugar may be similar to morphine and heroin in the ability to increase the amount of opioids in the brain that produce pleasure.

 An increase in the level of opioids is a major part of the physiology that fuels the addiction and craving for sugar, and this is the reason for the increase in sugar consumption every year. 

This is just one of the reasons why the food industries add sugar to almost every industrial food they want to mass market.

In April 2014, the World Health Organization announced

that it was changing its approach to sugar – no longer a recommended consumption of 10% of the daily menu, but only 5%. This of course does not include carbohydrates (the same sugar only in a more complex structure that the body breaks down into glucose) or sugar from fruit sources, although these should also be limited.

Now ….. When we talk about sugar, we must Talk about The “added sugar”!!!

we must distinguish !

between sugar that is naturally in food and sugar that has been added to food (added sugar).

What is added sugar??

Added sugar is sugar that was not naturally in the food and was added from the outside. Thus, the sugar in sweets, sweet drinks and even the addition of sugar or honey to hot drinks is considered added sugar.

What is the difference between added sugar and sugar found naturally in food?

Naturally, sugar is found in a small amount in vegetables and in a larger amount in fruits, and thus it comes in a “package deal” together with vitamins, minerals and antioxidants from the plant as well as dietary fibres that slow down the rise in blood sugar after eating. Thus sugar comes as part of a set of nutrients that are beneficial to our health. Sugar is also found naturally in dairy products because milk contains a sugar called lactose. Here too, there is a complex of additional components such as proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals. As we have seen, the body breaks down carbohydrate foods such as grains, legumes and starchy vegetables and as a result of the breakdown sugar is obtained.

What’s the problem with added sugar?

Unlike sugar found naturally in food, added sugar does not come with other nutrients and does not provide any nutritional “added value” – no vitamins, no minerals and no other nutrients. This condition has known health consequences. That’s why added sugar is also considered “empty calories” – it provides calories without any nutritional benefit.

There is nothing wrong with eating sweets

You may find in your nutrition recommendations that sweet foods with sugar get good marks for you.
These are usually foods that contain natural sweetness and sugar at a moderate level, fresh protein as well as natural fat such as natural chocolate, freshly baked cookies, homemade ice cream or cake from a family bakery.

Natural sugar at a moderate level, fresh protein, and quality fat moderate the sugar reaction in the body.

You cracked the code.

Most of the world turns out to be eating far too many foods that contain a high level of sugar in general, especially added sugar

It turns out that the American consumes less per day: about 140 grams of sugar, which is 35 teaspoons.
In the countries of the European Union, about 100 grams of sugar are consumed per day (25 teaspoons)
And in Japan only about 70 grams a day (about 18 teaspoons).

In all these countries people eat more than is recommended to consume per day.

We Are exaggerating !!!

You Love To Eat Sweet Food, Eat foods that contain natural sweetness and sugar at a moderate level, fresh protein as well as natural fat such as natural chocolate, freshly baked cookies, homemade ice cream or cake from a family bakery.

I didn’t know that The recommendation by doctors is maximum of 6 teaspoons of sugar a day

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