High Sugar Foods
High Sugar Foods
Provided by Women's Health
You should limit your sugar intake to 40 grams of added sugar or less a day, but you can consume that quickly if you're not aware of foods that contain a surprising amount of the sweet stuff. From condiments to deli meats, that sneaky son of a gun is lurking everywhere. A roundup of unusual suspects:
Lender's Fresh Blueberry Bagels
9 grams per bagel
Try good carbs instead.
Wheat Thins
4 grams per serving (16 crackers)
Nicole Goksel, AOL
Hunt's Ketchup
4 grams per tablespoon
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Vanilla Silk Soy Milk
11 grams per serving (1.3 cups)
Nicole Goksel, AOL
Spaghetti Sauces, such as Newman's Own Marinara
11 grams per 1/2 cup
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Nicole Goksel, AOL
Canned Sweet Peas
4 grams per serving
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Wish-Bone Red Wine Vinaigrette Salad Dressing
8 grams per 2 tablespoons
Nicole Goksel, AOL
Deli meats, such as Kraft Louis Rich Oven Roasted Fat-Free Turkey Breast
0.48 grams per serving (about 3 slices)
Frozen pizza, such as Tombstone Light Veggie Pizza
5 grams per serving (2 slices)
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HousCtM 05:00:45 PM Jun 29 2008
I had tried several healthy eating plans to really improve my overall health. I recently read "THE SUGAR FIX: THE HIGH FRUCTOSE FALLOUT THAT IS MAKING YOU FAT AND SICK" by Richard J Johnson, MD with Timothy Gower. It was really an eye opener. Within 3 weeks of the 2 week low fructose food plan I had lost 10-12 pounds just by eating fructose free or low fructose foods which takes some planning) and consuming low fat or fat free foods. The fructose free or low fructose phase gets your fructose enzymes under control. Now, if I eat something with too much sugar or high fructose corn syrup in the ingredients, it doesn't make me feel very good. I do not crave sweets. Food shopping takes a little longer because of label reading, but its worth it since in the past 10 years I have had breast cancer, 2 strokes, mitral valve stenosis, mitral valve regurgitation, a hysterectomy (fall out from breast cancer), a scaphoid fracture, and a ruptured appendix resulting in peritonitis. I feel b
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