12:41:00 AM
Henry
Think those cookies sweetened with concentrated fruit juice instead of white sugar is healthier for you? Think again. Sugar is sugar, wether it is called fructose, sucrose, glucose, or lactose. Ditto for words like syrup or concentrate. Those who plan on losing weight should bear it in mind that every teaspoon of sugar contains 4 grams of carbohydrate and has a glycemic index rating of 100. That means the sugar you consume, especially when it is in liquid form such as soda pop, turns into sugar in your blood stream almost as soon as you swallow it.
Beware of words like no sugar added or contains only natural sugar. Always check the label, the product may still contain a lot of carbs in form of some sort of natural sugar that can upset your insulin/blood sugar levels and start the roller coaster again.
Food manufacturers have a lot of different ways to sneak sugar into their products under another name. If you spot any of these words on the ingredients list, the product contains added sugar.
Look for these in the food product ingredients:
Brown sugar Honey
Brown sugar Invert sugar
Cane juice Lactose
Corn sweetener Levulose
Corn syrup Malt
Corn syrup solid Maltose
crystallized cane juice Malt syrup
Dextrose Maple sugar
Evaporated cane juice Molasses
Fructose Rapadura
Fruit juice concentrate Raw sugar
Fruit syrups Rice syrup
Galactose Sucrose (table sugar)
Glucose Sweetened carob powder
Glucose derived syrup Treacle
Golden syrup Turbinado
High fructose corn syrup
No matter what it's called added sugar is not acceptable for diabetic patients and those who wants to maintain their blood sugar level.
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