This is the first of three articles we were asked by Alicia Owen at ImproveEdu last week to add to our site. She wrote:
“I’m a tutor with ImprovEDU. I have been working with a group of students on a project where they are learning about healthy eating and the sugar content in various foods; we found your site carried a variety of useful information including the Mother Jones page which is excellent.
Whilst carrying out group research we came across a number of articles that may also be of interest to you:
Article 1: 15 Foods You Wouldn’t Expect To Have Dangerous Amounts of Sugar
Found on: NutritionSecrets.com
Posted by: Mike Kamo
According to the writer, Mike Kamo, a major contributor to consuming the unhealthy amount of sugar we do is, that they are cleverly buried in foods marketed as “healthy and wholesome.”
The reality is starkly different, as the list of his 15 foods shows:
1. Flavored yogurt
2. Fruit juices
3. Sports drinks
4. Energy drinks
5. Ketchup
6. Barbecue sauce
7. Pasta sauce
8. Asian sauce
9. Salad dressings
10. Fat free anything
11. Oatmeal
12. Smoothies
13. Dried fruit
14. Breads
15. Baked beans
Link: http://www.nutritionsecrets.com/15-foods-you-wouldnt-expect-to-have-dangerous-amounts-of-sugar/
You wonder though - why do we, as a society, spend so much money on nutritional labeling, and not take advantage of it? After all, each of these products provides the exact amount of sugar and carbs right on the package….
“I’m a tutor with ImprovEDU. I have been working with a group of students on a project where they are learning about healthy eating and the sugar content in various foods; we found your site carried a variety of useful information including the Mother Jones page which is excellent.
Whilst carrying out group research we came across a number of articles that may also be of interest to you:
Article 1: 15 Foods You Wouldn’t Expect To Have Dangerous Amounts of Sugar
Found on: NutritionSecrets.com
Posted by: Mike Kamo
According to the writer, Mike Kamo, a major contributor to consuming the unhealthy amount of sugar we do is, that they are cleverly buried in foods marketed as “healthy and wholesome.”
The reality is starkly different, as the list of his 15 foods shows:
1. Flavored yogurt
2. Fruit juices
3. Sports drinks
4. Energy drinks
5. Ketchup
6. Barbecue sauce
7. Pasta sauce
8. Asian sauce
9. Salad dressings
10. Fat free anything
11. Oatmeal
12. Smoothies
13. Dried fruit
14. Breads
15. Baked beans
Link: http://www.nutritionsecrets.com/15-foods-you-wouldnt-expect-to-have-dangerous-amounts-of-sugar/
You wonder though - why do we, as a society, spend so much money on nutritional labeling, and not take advantage of it? After all, each of these products provides the exact amount of sugar and carbs right on the package….
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