Sugar

• Overconsumption of carbohydrate = Eating sugar
• Free sugar:

  • Sugars that are added to foods
  • Naturally present in honey, syrups, fruit juices
• • Increase overall energy intake
  • Reduce intake of foods containing more nutritionally adequate calories
  • Unhealthy diet, Weight gain, Increased risk of non-communicable disease
• Diets that are persistently high in sugar:

  • Disrupt the body’s glucose metabolism
  • Insulin resistance develop
  • Diabetes, Obesity, Dementia, Cancer
• Adults and Children: Restrict intake < 10% total energy intake per day (~ 12.5 teaspoons of sugar for adults)