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Macro and Micro
Carbohydrate
Sugar
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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)