Refined sugar is processed raw sugar.
It’s easy for the body to digest and breakdown and causes blood sugar spikes quickly.
It’s easy for the body to digest and breakdown and causes blood sugar spikes quickly.
Remember this when reading your food labels:
1 tsp sugar = 4.2 g sugar = 16 calories/67 Kj
1 tsp sugar = 4.2 g sugar = 16 calories/67 Kj
The WHO recommends 25g/6 tsp sugar per day
Added refined sugar can go by these names on food labels:
fructose, corn syrup, palm sugar, rice syrup, malt syrup…
fructose, corn syrup, palm sugar, rice syrup, malt syrup…
For a full list, see this choice sugar labelling article.
Refined sugars we use in cooking are: corn syrup, table sugar, white sugar, granulated sugar, confectioners sugar/powdered sugar.
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