Many who are trying to manage their weight or improve their health are looking to reduce sugar in their diet. Food labels are a bit confusing, because they have two categories for sugars: Total Sugar and Added Sugars.
Total Sugars are all sugars in the product. This includes naturally occurring and those added in the manufacturing process.
Added Sugars just includes those added in the manufacturing process.
Total sugars can be a bit misleading. For example, a glass of plain low-fat milk has 12 grams of total sugars. However, this is all lactose, a naturally occurring sugar that does not have much of an effect on blood sugar. Added sugars are 0.
When looking at food labels, focus on the Added Sugars column. Keep this at 0 or close to 0 if you are trying to limit refined sugar.
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