THE ISSUE OF SUGARS IN FOODS

If I can give you one piece of advice:  before putting any food in your mouth, READ THE LABELS FIRST.

You will be astonished to find out that your favourite ‘healthfood shop’ food is actually laden with sugars.

Recognise sugars by their names:

Sucrose, maltose, glucose, maltitose, fructose, saccharose.

Fructose is a natural fruit sugar found in honey, all fruit, agave juice and maple syrup.  They are healthy since they are unrefined but they remain sugars nevertheless and will add fuel to a fungal infection such as Candida.

Sugar content in the most frequently consumed foods:

Baked beans – 2 and half tsps of sugar for 225g

Tomato ketchup – half a tsp for 10g

Fruit yogurt – 4 tsps per pot of 150 gr

Probiotic drink – similar to above unless you can find the unsweetened version (the sugar in it far outweights the benefit of the probiotic content)

Cornflakes – half a teaspoon per 30g

Tinned tomato soup – 1 tsp per 200g

Fruit Jam – 2 and a half teaspoon per 15 g

Diabetic Jam – check for Aspartame which US research has linked to many metabolic disorders including Alzheimer’s disease

Low calorie drinks – half a teaspoon per glass and again check for Aspartame which is often the sweetener of choice

Digestive biscuit – half a teaspoon per biscuit (even the organic version is high in sugar)

Rice pudding – 4 tsps in a 220 g tin

Jelly cubes – 6 tsps in a quarter of a packet

Canned fruit – 6 tsps in a small tin of 100 g

Fruit pastilles – 7tsps in a packet of 35 g

Polos – 7 and a half tsps per pack

Coke – 8 tsps in a can

Ribena – 6 tsps in a diluted glass of 40 ml

Lemonade  - 3 tsps per small glass of 200 ml

Orange squash – 3 tsps per diluted glass of 40 ml

Smarties – 7 and a half per tube of 40 g

Commercial Muesli – 1 and a half tsps per 30 g.