Sugary Foods - Nutrition
and Calorie Advice
Like fat, sugar is a concentrated
source of energy (4 calories per gram) and also has a bad reputation for
upsetting blood glucose levels due to it's rapid absorption into the body.
The psychological benefits
of eating foods like jelly, sweets, cakes, candy, soft drinks, cookies
and ice cream are fairly obvious. They taste great! However, from a nutritional
and a weight control viewpoint, it's important to enjoy as an occasional
special treat only.
- Sugary foods often go
hand in hand with fatty foods. (eg. cakes, cookies, candy and pastries.
- Sugar is devoid of nutrition
and contains Empty Calories
For Optimum Nutrition and
Calorie Control Eat up to 8 Percent Calories from Sugar
The US Dept of Agriculture
recommends that sugar makes up no more than about 8 percent of the total
calories in your diet.
More Nutrition and Calories
Information
For more nutritional and
calorie information about foods, please see:
Nutrition - Fruit/Veg
- Carbs - Protein
- Dairy - Fats
- Sugars
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Sources include: BBC Health
(London), US Dept of Agriculture.
Facts
About Glycemic Load
For calorie details of 2500
Foods, see Calories
in Foods
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