Sugar - SOO WHAT?
- Shalie Kae Bireta
- Nov 5, 2017
- 2 min read
Americans are sweetening themselves sick but still cant stop shoving sugar into our systems. Why? Because we're seriously hooked. Research shows sugar to as addictive as the hardest-to-quit drugs. Tomorrow is children's favorite holiday. Shove as much candy as you possibly can into a bag and then mouth for the next month. Then it's Thanksgiving, Christmas and pies, cakes, and cookies coming from every direction. THE FACTS: The American Heart Association recommends no more than 9 tsp (38 g) of added sugar/ day for men, and 6 tsp (25 grams) per day for women. The AHA limits for children vary but approx 3-6 tsp (12 - 25 g) per day. The average American women eats 70 lbs A YEAR! The more you weigh = the more sugar you eat = more you're likely to weigh. Your sweet tooth adapts and keeps requiring more sugar to get the same sensory satisfaction. EX: 12oz Dr. Pepper - 64 g sugar! Airborne isn't simply Vitamin C - ingredients also include sorbitol and sucralose. Sweet Baby Rays BBQ sneaks 16 g sugar in 2 tbsp from high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, and sugar. The favorite fruity yogurt - 21g in 6 ounces.
The efforts that food manufacturers take to hide sugar from us is downright distributing. What can we do and what should we do?
Clear your house of the crap, substitute recipes to use healthier alternatives, STUDY LABELS and learn the sugar synonyms ---
Agave nectar
Barbados sugar
Barley malt
Barley malt syrup
Beet sugar
Brown sugar
Buttered syrup
Cane juice
Cane juice crystals
Cane sugar
Caramel
Carob syrup
Castor sugar
Coconut palm sugar
Coconut sugar
Confectioner's sugar
Corn sweetener
Corn syrup
Corn syrup solids
Date sugar
Dehydrated cane juice
Demerara sugar
Dextrin
Dextrose
Evaporated cane juice
Free-flowing brown sugars
Fructose
Fruit juice
Fruit juice concentrate
Glucose
Glucose solids
Golden sugar
Golden syrup
Grape sugar
HFCS (High-Fructose Corn Syrup)
Honey
Icing sugar
Invert sugar
Malt syrup
Maltodextrin
Maltol
Maltose
Mannose
Maple syrup
Molasses
Muscovado
Palm sugar
Panocha
Powdered sugar
Raw sugar
Refiner's syrup
Rice syrup
Saccharose
Sorghum Syrup
Sucrose, Sugar (granulated)
Sweet Sorghum
Syrup
Treacle
Turbinado sugar
Yellow sugar I've found that a lot of people struggle to find sauces not loaded with sugar. I have a few personal favorites that I will share with you soon. What else can I help you find a healthy hack for?
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