Just last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed new guidelines regarding how much sugar one should consume in a day. According to the group, every American should only get about 50 grams or 12.5 teaspoons of sugar every day-that is 10 percent of Americans' daily calories from added sugar.
The question is, how much is 50 grams of sugar?-when an average person usually consumes around 100 grams of total sugar every day. Well, thanks to fast spreading, viral mini videos of desserts' recipes and our caffeine fix, it is just so hard to resist extra ounces of sugar.
There are even some 'health impostors' that just refuse to differentiate naturally occurring sugar and added artificial sugar in their food labels. It has made it harder to keep World Health Organization's advice to cut down added sugar in our die as it can lead to obesity, diabetes, low blood pressure and heart diseases.
But seriously, how can we be more vigilant against these tempting and tricky sweets? Guess what, yogurt, which is considered as healthy food may actually contain 15 grams of sugar. That is nearly a third of the total daily recommended added sugar intake.
To make our life easier, Huffington Post enumerated food and drinks with sugar contents equivalent to a day's worth. Now you will know which is worth those 50 grams.
53 grams
One pumpkin muffin from Panera
52 grams
A large Dunkaccino from Dunkin' Donuts or a grande eggnog latte from Starbucks
52 grams
1 16-ounce bottle of Coca-Cola
50 grams
Less than a half a cup of raisins.
50 grams
One 12-ounce bottle of Tropicana cranberry cocktail juice.
49 grams
A 15.2 ounce bottle of Odwalla's original superfood fruit smoothing blend.
48.3 grams
One medium order of Pinkberry's original yogurt. Yes, yogurt. Yes, original yogurt.
Despite these guidelines, one must not forget that our body actually needs sugar that is naturally found in carbs, apples and sweet potatoes when on the other hand, added sugar can be a threat to our health.
