Sugar In Food

[weecalf]

Can any one explain what the ingredient list on the carton actually says what the sugar content is in food it states something about carbohydrate of which sugars 84g under typical 100 g is that saying the content is 4/5 sugar .Im not allowed much sugar so what do I look for and any idea which is best ,was told porridge is good .

[pastafreak]

This refers (usually) in foods with naturally occurring sugars and fibre...the components of carbohydrates.
Porridge is said to be good because the carbohydrates/ sugars it contains are slow release...so you get a steady stream of energy. Personally,it doesn't work for me. I'm starving 90 minutes later.
All fruit/veg/grains have naturally occurring sugars,with root veg being the highest,and leafy greens and berries at the low end.

[pastafreak]

refers *to* foods

[Retrochic]

pasta you comment on eating porridge is very interesting. If I eat carbs for breakfast my stomach literally grumbles about 90 minutes later and I feel hungry. If I eat protein I feel full until well after noon.

[hc4361]

That means that 84% of the carbohydrate content is sugar, not 84% of the whole pack.

Porridge is good if you can eat it without sugar, honey or other natural sweetener. The amount of carbohydrates you should eat depends very much on your lifestyle. The active you are the more carbs you can eat, otherwise they turn in to sugar. You should eat some carbs every day for a well balanced diet, though.

[pastafreak]

Hi retro....I find I do much better with fat/protein for breakfast...or any meal for that matter. And I also stay way from grains as they make my joints ache,and my weight will jump up over night.
weecalf...label reading is a minefield and difficult to make sense of sometimes.

[Retrochic]

pasta -interesting again about grains -I've just been diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis so should I perhaps avoid grains? Does this include rice?I only eat fish and chicken/turkey as meat so do eat quite a bit of pulses and lentils ect which I really like. I am avoiding cheese at the moment as I've 'gone off' it and think its my body telling me something.

[pastafreak]

@ retro....I don't know about pulses and lentils,as I eat a quite low carbohydrate diet. But I found that cutting out wheat from my diet made a considerable difference to my joints. I think you need to experiment to find what works. If you Google "inflammatory foods" it will bring up a good deal of information.

[ummmm]

Pasta...why are you on a low carbs diet?

[pastafreak]

It's become the way I eat,ummmm. Have been eating that way for about 4 years...first for weight loss,then realised I felt better. So...no bread,pasta(a bit ironic that), grains. When I do eat them I get terribly bloated,etc.

[Clanad]

There is a simple conversion however. Here in the U.S., weights are in ounces of course, but more importantly for figuring sugar content is the amount of sugar in teaspoons. Interestingly, 1 teaspoon of sugar equals 4.2 grams.

Thing is, as referenced by Pasta is that,carbohydrates, a key nutrient, are listed on the nutrition facts (at least here). Sugars, both naturally occurring sugar and added sugar, are carbohydrates and are listed under total carbohydrates, along with dietary fiber. Naturally occurring sugars include fructose found in fruits as well as lactose found in milk and milk products.
Added sugars would include white sugar, brown sugar, honey, corn syrup, fructose and dextrose.

To determine the "added sugars, subtract the amount of "fiber" (in grams) from the total carbs and divide by 4.2. This number, then, represents the added sugars (in grams) as opposed to naturally occurring sugar inherent in carbohydrates.

I've been on a low sugar regimen for about six months and am totally surprised at how good I feel… never mind the steady weight loss.

I'm mystified by your reference to cutting out chess, since it is an excellent source of protein… especially the low fat ones such as baby swiss. Used in moderation of course. Poultry white meat is probably the best source of protein but avoid the skin, since, unlike beef for example, the fat in chickens and other poultry is carried by the bird just under the skin rather than "marbled" within the meat.

Keep some high protein drinks around for those times hunger really strikes. Atkins, for example, contains 16 grams of protein but at only 150 calories and (depending on the flavor choice) no sugar or at most one teaspoon (4.2) grams of sugar. They are quite tasty, BTW.

[Clanad]

Humph! Predictive text strikes again ^^ "I'm mystified by your reference to cutting out cheese "

[237SJ]

I think it`s very interesting that Dr Atkins was absolutely vilified in the press when he first brought out his diet and yet now everyone is copying him because it turns out that he was right all along.

[Retrochic]

Clanad -i'm not really cutting out cheese, I've gone off it -from being able to eat loads of it ,it now tastes weird. The only cheese I can eat is cheese on toast cos I add lots of other things in like Worcestershire sauce and chopped onions.

[pastafreak]

@237SJ...and Atkins was not the first. In South Africa a low carb diet is referred to as "Banting" after the British businessman who adopted a low carb diet and then wrote a pamphlet extolling its virtues...back in the 1860s.