How much sugar do you eat every day? Would you know in grams? How about in teaspoons?
The average American eats 17 teaspoons of ADDED sugar a day, not counting naturally occurring sugar. That’s 2-3x more than the daily recommendation for men and women. It’s a little tricky, because nutrition info labels list sugar as grams, but here in the USA, we don’t measure things in grams, we measure in teaspoons, tablespoons, and cups.
The conversion rate is 4g of sugar equals 1 teaspoon. So, those 17 teaspoons the average American eats each day equals 68 grams of added sugar. It should be EASY to get less than that, WAY less, right? Maybe not - you'll hear why.
And what kind of sugar does our brain need? What’s the problem with eating sugar?
This episode explains all that. It’ll give you examples of how much sugar is added to one serving of things like cookies, bagels, muffins, and candy and convert it into teaspoons, so you get a visual picture of how much sugar is in each serving.
You’ll learn the difference between glucose and fructose and which one the body can’t metabolize. You’ll also hear some ideas for solutions to the sugar issue.
Lastly, you’re challenge to calculate how much sugar you eat on a daily basis, put that visual in a bowl using table sugar, and post it on social media! Elisa will do the same.
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