Earlier this month of March 2015 the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a campaign to warn of excess sugar consumption. According to the WHO, our daily intake of sugar should not exceed\u00a010% of\u00a0our\u00a0total daily intake of calories, at all stages of life. 10% for an adult is about 50 grams of sugar (1.8 ounces), that is 10 to 12 teaspoons.<\/p>\n
Sugar is not only the one that you add to your food. It is also the\u00a0sugar which is already in what\u00a0you eat. In the wild, foods have little sugar, you find them mainly in fruits and always with fiber, which is not the case with\u00a0processed food, especially the ultra-processed.
\nIndustrial food was the most debated issue by the WHO.
\nIt\u00a0recommends keeping an eye on hidden sugars in products like sweet drinks, such as sodas and juices, as well as yogurts and biscuits. There are also products which are not considered sweet but have quite a bit of sugar, such as sauces, for example tomato sauce and salad dressings, or foods such as savory snacks.\u00a0Other culprits can be\u00a0products considered to be healthier, such as cereal bars, dairy drinks, Greek yogurts Greek, etc …<\/p>\n
The WHO calls for better food labeling, reporting on hidden sugars content and also recommends to its member countries “to initiate a dialogue with the food industry to reduce sugars hidden in the composition of their products.”<\/p>\n
Let us\u00a0reduce our intake of sugar<\/strong><\/p>\n According to Carlos Monteiro, a professor of nutrition at the Public Health School of USP who participated in the study by the WHO, “if you look at the list of ingredients and sugar appears as the first ingredient or as the second ingredient, it is a sign that the product has a lot of sugars. It can be simple\u00a0sugar, corn syrup,modified starch, it can be honey, or\u00a0it can bee dextrose. Several synthesized sugars have\u00a0exactly the same effect as\u00a0sugar. ”<\/p>\n The Professor warns that the more we become accustomed to eating very sweet, even if it is with\u00a0sweeteners, the more\u00a0we are attracted to\u00a0sugar. It is important to educate our\u00a0palate. Fruit, for example, help this process. They are sweet, but not in excess.<\/p>\n I fully agree and add to the list names such\u00a0as glucose syrup, sugar syrup, inverted sugar, liquid sugar, modified rice flour …<\/p>\n As always,\u00a0there is no reason to be scared\u00a0and cut all sugar. It is a nutrient\u00a0and the lack of it may even increase the risk of depression. Let us\u00a0reduce our consumption.\u00a0Let us\u00a0retrain our taste and look for quality. #IWantMoreQuality \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 #IWant+Quality \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 #W+Q<\/p>\n Bon app\u00e9tit<\/p>\n Sophie<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cr\u00e9dito imagem: Jeanny Schmidt<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Earlier this month of March 2015 the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a campaign to warn of excess sugar consumption. According to the WHO, our daily intake of sugar should not exceed\u00a010% of\u00a0our\u00a0total daily intake of calories, at all stages of life. 10% for an adult is about 50 grams of sugar (1.8 ounces), that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":13304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[130],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eat-what"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitesquare.com.br\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitesquare.com.br\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitesquare.com.br\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sitesquare.com.br\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sitesquare.com.br\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sitesquare.com.br\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sitesquare.com.br\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitesquare.com.br\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sitesquare.com.br\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sitesquare.com.br\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nHowever, excess sugar is linked to obesity and all diseases arising from it, like diabetes and certain cancers. The warning applies to everyone, even for those who do not have a\u00a0weight problem.<\/p>\n
\nI want more quality, please!<\/p>\n