Your Diet and Training…
Recipes and Health FactsThis is not a post about the latest fad diet! I just read an article about added sugar and how much it can negatively impact your weight, energy levels, and training progress. It was very interesting stuff, everyone knows about trans fat, etc but I bet most don’t know a can of soda contains almost your daily dose of sugar! So I have begun writing an article about it but wanted to share some preliminary information my friend Marie (Marie has a degree in Dietetics.) shared with me after I asked her some questions…
Yes (Mitch), you are right a regular can of soda has about 35g of sugar (7 tsp) which is half of the daily allowance for men and 3/4 of the daily allowance for women. Below I’ve given some helpful information regarding sugar intake. Additionally, I would suggest to all those trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle in general to check out eatright.org which is the american dietetic association website that gives accurate information regarding health that is easy to understand.
– “Sugars are simple carbohydrates that occur naturally in foods such as fruit and can also come from refined sources like table sugar and corn syrup. The easiest way to stay within the proper range for intake is to make sure that refined sugars do not comprise more than 10% of daily intake. The maximum recommended intake of sugar per day for the average person is 10 tsp which is equal to 50 grams. For an active male the recommended daily maximum intake is 14 tsp which is equal to 70 grams. It is best for most sugar intake to come from natural sugars such as those from fruits and plant starches.
The best way to keep refined sugar intake down is to consume whole foods, substitute applesauce in recipes that call for added sugar, refrain from adding additional sugar to foods like cereal, coffee, etc and consider consuming sugar alternatives. Xylitol for example is in available in local grocery stores, is safe for diabetes, does not produce the glycemic response that other sugar alternatives do and has fiber-like benefits. Additionally it is important to look for hidden sources of refined sugar in products consumed one of the biggest offenders is high fructose corn syrup”.
Well that should at least get everyone’s attention! I hope to have thefinal article written soon so look for the full feature here:) Again many thanks to my friend Marie.
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