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Americans told to limit sugar use by the Federal Government

Federal Government sugarHaving lesser sugar in your food means lesser calories and that’s normally good for health. That’s probably not exactly what the federal government took heed from when they released a new report urging the Americans to cut back on their daily usage of sugar. Yes, you read that absolutely right.

Federal Government wants you to limit sugar use:

The 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans is the report that has made the recommendation to the general public to limit the amount of sugars in diets to under 10 percent of the daily calories. This is not something that’s unachievable when you consider the fact that this equals around 12 teaspoons of sugar daily. But, digest this: A can of coke contains around 10 teaspoons.

On average, Americans take around 13 percent of their daily calories from added sugars and teens normally reach around 17 percent. This is all indicated by the recently released report. Here, it’s worth mentioning that the natural sugar containing foods like milk, apples or raisins aren’t considered “added sugars”.

Another startling fact is that around half of these sugars come from beverages such as the sports drinks, juices and sodas. The intake of these drinks is also increasing considerably.

It’s highly recommended that we start acting on the guidelines made clear by this report because in the longer run, they can do us invaluable good. The quality of life that controlled added sugar intake guarantees is something that we all look forward to but fail to achieve because we succumb to sugary greatness. With the start of the New Year, it won’t be a bad ambition to become more healthy and with sustained daily intake of sugar, we can go a long way in maintain our health as indicated by the report that’s based on statistical and scientific analysis by experts.

 

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