Samuel Oladipupo Essoodee
Sugar is so sweet that many of us cannot just stop consuming it. Most innocently guilty in this sense here are kids. Oh, children love sweet things!
While many of us realise that too much sugar is bad, we are also guilty of devouring it. Unfortunately, we don’t know we do in several circumstances. So, when we feel we are avoiding sugar by controlling our appetite for coke and other sugar oceans called beverages, we freely consume same in some other foods.
Here are five ways you didn’t know you lick sugar, with on and offline experts, including SFGATE, listing even more:
1. RICE
Rice can actually be worse than sugar. In fact, if you go by the glycemic index (GI) and glycemic load (GL) studies, white rice is almost equal to white sugar. Indeed, white rice has an index of 92 versus 100 for sugar. 0.1 gram
2. TOMATO SAUCE AND KETCHUP
These commonly consumed tomato-based products, tomato sauce and ketchup, are often loaded with sugar. Ketchup provides 1 teaspoon of sugar per 1 tablespoon of product.
Often, people use closer to 2 to 4 tablespoons at least of ketchup. Experts say this can really add up to the level of sugar intake.
3. OATMEAL
Eating oatmeal or cold cereal for breakfast can be a great start to your day. Some “healthy” cereals such as granola, cereal with clusters and raisin bran are well disguised and can contain just as much sugar as the obvious sweetened cereals. Look for cereal that contains less than 5 grams per serving. Flavored oatmeal is also loaded with sugar. Stick with plain oatmeal and add fruit for flavor or buy the lower-sugar versions.
4. COFFEE DRINKS
Stopping at the drive-thru to get your morning cup of coffee seems more like a good way to start your day, but many times that coffee has more sugar than even the doughnut most of us eat. Drinking sugared coffee will spike your blood sugar first thing in the morning, and set you up for a sugar crash later in the day.
5. BAKED BEANS
A key ingredient in many baked bean recipes and canned baked beans is brown sugar. Canned baked beans often contain 4 to 8 grams of sugar. Baked beans can still be very tasty without any added sugars. Try making your own with mustard, low-sugar ketchup and spices.
