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How Much Sugar – Can You Have? Did You Have? Should You Have? How to Calculate it.

    How Much Sugar is Too Much?

    Calculating Refined Sugar Intake In Teaspoons sugar

    • A healthy adult human being has approximately 5 liters of blood circulating at any given moment.
    •  In that 5 Liters of Blood a grand total of 1 teaspoon of sugar is available during a fasting state. That’s all the body needs to function.
    •  In 12-ounces of soda or energy drinks typically contain approximately 10 teaspoons of sugar.
    •  That little beverage effectively raises the blood sugar 10 times above what the body needs to function and typically within a matter of minutes.

    To Decode the refined sugar in your diet simply do the following wherever refined sugars are listed in the ingredients.

    1 Teaspoon of Sugar = Approximately 4 Grams of Sugar

    In other words take the total grams of refined sugar and divide by 4 to learn how many teaspoons of sugar you are consuming per serving.

    More About Refined Sugar

    The Recommended Total Consumption of Refined Sugar & High Fructose Corn Syrup is less than 1 pound per month for Optimal Immune Health. Use the conversions below to assess how much sugar you are consuming each day.

    • 1 teaspoon of Sugar = 4.2 grams = approximately 4 grams
    • 453 grams of Sugar = 1 pound of Sugar
    • 115 teaspoons of Sugar = 1 pound of Sugar
    • 11 Sodas (132 Ounces) = 2, 2-Liter Bottles of Soda =
    • 1 pound of Sugar 1 Soda (12 Ounces) = 39 grams of Sugar = Approximately 10 teaspoons of Sugar
    • 1 Soda (20 Ounces) = 69 grams of Sugar = Approx. 16.5 teaspoons of Sugar
    • 1 Soda (2 Liters) = 67 ounces of Soda = 221 grams of Sugar = ½ pound of Sugar

    Drinking 1 Soda (12 Ounces) per day = 30 Sodas per month = 2.65 pounds of Sugar per month from Soda alone = 360 teaspoons of sugar your body will have to use, store or eliminate in order to remain in balance at 1 teaspoon circulating in the blood stream.

    I would also say that I would not count fruits, vegetables, and whole grains to this total…just refined sugars like white sugar, brown sugar, high fructose corn syrup, dextrose, dextrin, maltodextrin, agave syrup, maple syrup, and evaporated cane juice.

    The US governments projects that average annual refined sugar consumption alone…not counting any other sweetener will be 74 or more pounds per year for the next 20 years. And we wonder why diabetes is the fastest growing pathology in the United States today.

     

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      7-Refined Sugar

      A healthy adult has approx 5 liters of blood circulating at any given moment and needs 1 teaspoon of sugar available during a fasting state. That’s all the body needs to function.

      12-ounces of soda or energy drinks typically contain approx 10 tsp of sugar. That raises the blood sugar 10x above what the body needs to function and typically within a matter of minutes.

       

      1 Teaspoon of Sugar = Approx 4 Grams of Sugar

      Take the total grams of refined sugar & divide by 4 to learn how many teaspoons of sugar you are consuming per serving.

      8-Naturally sweet:

      Think Real food

      9- Fiber: 8-12 grams  per meal.  Average 25-30 grams a day.

      Adds bulk to you diet and aids in digestion.

      Insoluble fiber: found in wheat, bran, vegetables, and whole grains. It helps speed passage of food through the stomach and intestines.

      Soluble Fiber: attacks water and turns into gel, slowing digestion.  Found in foods like oat bran, barley, nuts, seeds, beans, lentils, peas, and some other veggies and fruits.  Can help lower cholesterol.

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