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Is that total sugar or "added/free" sugar? Because for a 2000kcal diet, that'd be about 100kcal of sugar or ~25 grams. That's equivalent to a single NLEA servin

by IanCal 11y ago

Is that total sugar or "added/free" sugar? Because for a 2000kcal diet, that'd be about 100kcal of sugar or ~25 grams. That's equivalent to a single NLEA serving of apple. https://www.nutritionix.com/i/usda/apple-1-nlea-serving/513fceb475b8dbbc21000f8f https://www.nutritionix.com/i/usda/apple-1-nlea-serving/513f...

sjwright 11y ago
When it comes to processed foods, surely the human body doesn't care whether or not the sugar was "added" or was sourced from the primary listed ingredient on the package.
- elbrownos 11y ago
  The fibre in whole fruit and vegetables blunts the rise in blood sugar level.
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  - sjwright 11y ago
    Which is why I specifically said processed food.
noondip 11y ago
Here's a similar recommendation from the World Health Organization: > A new WHO guideline recommends adults and children reduce their daily intake of free sugars to less than 10% of their total energy intake. A further reduction to below 5% or roughly 25 grams (6 teaspoons) per day would provide additional health benefits. > Free sugars refer to monosaccharides (such as glucose, fructose) and disaccharides (such as sucrose or table sugar) added to foods and drinks by the manufacturer, cook or consumer, and sugars naturally present in honey, syrups, fruit juices and fruit juice concentrates. > The WHO guideline does not refer to the sugars in fresh fruits and vegetables, and sugars naturally present in milk, because there is no reported evidence of adverse effects of consuming these sugars. > Reducing free sugars intake to less than 10% of total daily energy intake was recommended by the WHO Study Group for the first time in 1989 and was further elaborated by a joint WHO/FAO Expert Consultation in 2002. This new updated WHO guideline calls for further reduction of free sugars intake to less than 5% of total energy intake if possible. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2015/sugar-guideline/en/ http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2015/sugar-guid...
DanBC 11y ago
Public health tends to ignore the sugars in fruit if you eat the whole fruit. As soon as you juice it or blend it or sometimes cook it they want you to count it as sugar.

by IanCal 11y ago

sjwright 11y ago

When it comes to processed foods, surely the human body doesn't care whether or not the sugar was "added" or was sourced from the primary listed ingredient on the package.

elbrownos 11y ago
The fibre in whole fruit and vegetables blunts the rise in blood sugar level.
- deleted 11y ago
  [deleted]
- sjwright 11y ago
  Which is why I specifically said processed food.

noondip 11y ago

Here's a similar recommendation from the World Health Organization: > A new WHO guideline recommends adults and children reduce their daily intake of free sugars to less than 10% of their total energy intake. A further reduction to below 5% or roughly 25 grams (6 teaspoons) per day would provide additional health benefits. > Free sugars refer to monosaccharides (such as glucose, fructose) and disaccharides (such as sucrose or table sugar) added to foods and drinks by the manufacturer, cook or consumer, and sugars naturally present in honey, syrups, fruit juices and fruit juice concentrates. > The WHO guideline does not refer to the sugars in fresh fruits and vegetables, and sugars naturally present in milk, because there is no reported evidence of adverse effects of consuming these sugars. > Reducing free sugars intake to less than 10% of total daily energy intake was recommended by the WHO Study Group for the first time in 1989 and was further elaborated by a joint WHO/FAO Expert Consultation in 2002. This new updated WHO guideline calls for further reduction of free sugars intake to less than 5% of total energy intake if possible. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2015/sugar-guideline/en/ http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2015/sugar-guid...

DanBC 11y ago

Public health tends to ignore the sugars in fruit if you eat the whole fruit. As soon as you juice it or blend it or sometimes cook it they want you to count it as sugar.