There is hidden sugar in practically all processed foods, such as:
Bagels have twice as much sugar of bread (6.5g per 100g) Ricicles are 40% sugar, a small bowl equals 5tsp of sugar, Special K have 8g per 100g, Cheerios have 21.4g per 100g. If you eat cereal stick to plain porridge, Shredded Wheat at 0.7% sugar or Weetabix – each biscuit just under 1g. . A small pot of Petit Filous Strawberry & Raspberry fromage frais has 3tsp of sugar (12.2g). All lo-fat yoghurts, mayonnaise, salad dressings etc. are to be avoided as they’re loaded with sugar (usually twice as much as the full fat option)
I’m not a nutritionist, and the different types of sugar are confusing, (Flay will probably enlighten us) but as I understand it sugar is one half glucose and one half fructose (the sugar found in fruit) which is now the added sugar of choice for the food industry. Fructose goes straight to the liver and is processed as fat. It also seems to interfere with the hormones that regulate appetite. So, if you drink a glass of milk or a soft drink with the same calories you feel fuller after the milk because your body counts all the calories from the fat and lactose in the milk but only half the calories from the soft drink – leading you filling another glass. (Also not sure but I think I read someone that sugar consumption had increased by over 30% since the 1960s?)
Ontopic: I rarely eat jam but it's usually that French stuff!
Bagels have twice as much sugar of bread (6.5g per 100g) Ricicles are 40% sugar, a small bowl equals 5tsp of sugar, Special K have 8g per 100g, Cheerios have 21.4g per 100g. If you eat cereal stick to plain porridge, Shredded Wheat at 0.7% sugar or Weetabix – each biscuit just under 1g. . A small pot of Petit Filous Strawberry & Raspberry fromage frais has 3tsp of sugar (12.2g). All lo-fat yoghurts, mayonnaise, salad dressings etc. are to be avoided as they’re loaded with sugar (usually twice as much as the full fat option)
I’m not a nutritionist, and the different types of sugar are confusing, (Flay will probably enlighten us) but as I understand it sugar is one half glucose and one half fructose (the sugar found in fruit) which is now the added sugar of choice for the food industry. Fructose goes straight to the liver and is processed as fat. It also seems to interfere with the hormones that regulate appetite. So, if you drink a glass of milk or a soft drink with the same calories you feel fuller after the milk because your body counts all the calories from the fat and lactose in the milk but only half the calories from the soft drink – leading you filling another glass. (Also not sure but I think I read someone that sugar consumption had increased by over 30% since the 1960s?)
Ontopic: I rarely eat jam but it's usually that French stuff!
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