Sweetened dairy products (fruit yogurts, dairy desserts, curd masses) contain a lot of sugar.
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In Russia, people eat one and a half times less sugar per capita than, for example, in the United States, 11% more than in Germany and twice as much as in Japan. On average, each Russian enjoys 39 kilograms of sweets per year. And most of this sugar reaches our mouths without us realizing it. The most harmful sugar is added sugar, it is often used to make the taste of the product brighter, and manufacturers of ready-made foods and especially fast food are often guilty of this. But you also have to be careful with natural sugar.
IN WHAT PRODUCTS IS SUGAR HIDDEN?
There is a lot of sugar in so-called ultra-processed foods, which today are not even considered sweet.
For example, 1 tablespoon of tomato sauce contains about 1 tablespoon of sugar!
One can of soda is equivalent to approximately 10 teaspoons of sugar.
Lots of sugar too:
– as part of confectionery products (buns, cakes);
– in sugary dairy products (fruit yogurts, dairy desserts, curd masses);
– a lot of natural sugar in honey, syrups and fruit juices.
IS SUGAR IN FRUITS GOOD?
Fruits, vegetables, and even regular milk have their own sugars. It is true that they do not scare us very much; They cannot be eaten in very large quantities.
In addition, sweet fruits are rich not only in fructose and glucose, but also in fiber, vitamins and minerals, so they are not too high in calories.
And lactose (milk sugar) is harmful only for allergic people.
HOW TO RECOGNIZE HIDDEN SUGAR?
The composition of the product on the label may not indicate the amount of carbohydrates with a note of how much of it is sugar, but may indicate other similar ingredients:
– barley malt;
– corn sweetener;
– crystalline fructose;
– maltodextrin;
– maltose.
STAY YOUR SIZE
According to WHO recommendations, adults and children should consume up to 10% of their total calories per day from sugar.
And to be healthy, it is best to bring sugar to 5% of your total daily caloric intake, which is approximately 25 grams or 6 teaspoons per day.
