Only 10% of your total caloric intake should come from sugar. Which means if your on a 2,000 calorie diet no more a than 50 grams of carbs in the form of sugar. If your carb goal is 300 grams a day then up to 30 grams could come from sugar. Sugar plain and simple add calories, 1 tsp. of sugar provides 4grams of carbs. ( a 12 oz pop contains about 9 tsp of sugar)
Added sugars/syrups in soda, candy, cakes, cookies, pies, and even some fruit drinks are listed as brown sugar, corn sweetner, corn syrup, dextrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, honey, lactose, maltose, malt syrup, molasses, and surcose syrup to name a few. To to make a long story short, read labels, and keep sugar intake as low as possible.
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