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foxl
08-25-2009, 09:41 AM
Heart group draws hard line on sugar intake - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090824/us_nm/us_heart_sugar)

And about time, too!
fgummett
08-25-2009, 09:48 AM
OMG! :eek: The group said women should eat no more than 100 calories of added processed sugar per day, or six teaspoons (25 grams), while most men should keep it to just 150 calories or nine teaspoons (37.5 grams).

That's far below the 22 teaspoons (90 grams) or 355 calories of added sugar consumed by the average American each day, according to a 2004 government survey.A huge step in the right direction but 9 teaspoons for men is the new recommendation :confused:
foxl
08-25-2009, 09:53 AM
OMG! :eek: A huge step in the right direction but 9 teaspoons for men is the new recommendation :confused:

For non-diabetics ... but of course too high. Pandering, out of fear of losing them completely, otherwise?
princesslinda
08-25-2009, 10:32 AM
I heard this on the news this morning. 9 tsps??? I think that's around the amount found in a canned regular soft drink.
genie86333
08-26-2009, 07:08 PM
Definitely a step in the right direction...now if they'd just make sure carbs also need to be limited. (not saying *everyone* should low-carb it...just that they should be aware that a huge plate of spagetti at night is not *healthy* just because it's low fat.)
foxl
08-27-2009, 08:06 AM
YES ... I am on a forum for parents of autistic kids, and someone mentioned substituting Cheerios for a sugary cereal, as if starch was okay, but sugars are eeeeevil. I made a point of saying that starches are in some cases digested MORE rapidly than sugars!

I used to have ramen noodles for one meal, and a huge (unmeasured) plate of spaghetti, the same DAY!
genie86333
08-27-2009, 05:26 PM
Same here, Linda.

My mom was diabetic & my dad drilled "low-fat" into my head my whole life. We'd eat pasta - spaghetti, strogonoff, tuna casserole, probably 3 nights a week & the servings weren't small.

It frustrated my mom because she ate like she was told to - virtually no sugar & low-fat...yet her levels were always high. Back then they were stuck with testing urine & it wasn't a question of *if* she was spilling sugar into her urine, it was a question of *how much.*