Recommended daily sugar intake

Most people are surely not aware of the amounts of sugar they consume each day and how they compare to the amounts of sugar they should consume on a daily basis based on researches regarding health in different groups of people. Here you can find out how and why you should control how much sugar you consume on a daily basis so that your life becomes a bit healthier.

Almost every person has a sweet tooth and when we try to exercise control we start craving the sweetness and comfort only cookies, cakes, candy and other desserts can provide. Even if you love sugar really much it is now time to learn a very important but also very little known truth regarding sugar. Sugar really has no benefits for your health to offer and the only actual benefits from it are that it sweetens your taste buds and satisfies your sweet tooth. Sugar is not a natural substance and is produced through a special industrial process called refining the sugar cane. Sugar cane has a lot of health benefits to offer but in the refining process it loses all its vitamins, proteins, minerals and other nutrients which are essential. Therefore, you end up consuming empty calories only. Moreover, your body gets all the sugar it needs from the consumption of regular food such as bread, vegetables, fruits and so on. No added sugar is really needed. However, most people love sugar and simply feel like they need to eat food high on sugar, here is a guide on the consumption on daily basis which is healthy.

Recommended daily intake of sugar for kids and adults

The latest researches show that the recommended intake of sugar which is healthy for your body on daily bases for children, men and women is as follows:

- children – 12 grams, which equals 3 teaspoons;

- men – 36 grams, which equals 9 teaspoons;

- women – 20 grams, which equals 5 teaspoons.

The sugar intake when it comes to diabetics is a lot different based on the type of diabetes and also whether they are hyperglycemic or hypoglycemic. It is best to consult your doctor in order to find out about your personal requirements for the intake of sugar before you follow the guidelines mentioned earlier.

When we speak about the recommended daily intake of sugar, it does not mean only simple sugars that we consume in the form of desserts and sodas but also sugars that come from complex carbohydrates and also fruit. You should not eliminate all of the sugar from your diet but you should compensate for all the excess sugar you eat by exercising. It is not really simple to calculate your sugar intake but you can still control it if you try and you can also get a bigger amount of exercise in order to regulate the sugar amount that is being ingested and then digested by your body.

Every person knows that eating too much sugar might result in obesity and other undesired effects so you need to control your intake.

More interesting information you will find on this site about sugar - (socker is the term in Swedish).And in addition to that i will recommend you to read more about baking (baka in Swedish).