© 2013 Cleveland Clinic For more information, visit Cleveland Clinic’s Health Hub at ClevelandClinic.org/HealthHub. Research by Kristin Kirkpatrick, MS, RD, LD Fat-Free Raspberry Pecan Dressing Ingredients: # 2 High fructose corn syrup # 4 Sugar # 6 Maltodextrin Lite Chocolate Syrup Ingredients: # 2 Sugar # 3 Fructose 4 Tbsp Serving 4 Tbsp Serving 5 Tbsp Serving 1 Cup Vanilla Whipped Frosting Ingredients: # 1 Sugar # 5 Corn syrup Tomato Ketchup Ingredients: # 3 High fructose corn syrup # 4 Corn syrup 3 Tbsp Serving Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix Ingredients: # 2 Sugar # 3 Corn syrup Light Tomato & Basil Pasta Sauce Ingredients: # 4 Sugar Fruit Punch Ingredients: # 2 High fructose corn syrup 7fl oz 8 fl oz Tonic Water Ingredients: # 2 High fructose corn syrup Milk Chocolate Bar Ingredients: # 1 Milk chocolate of a Bar (20.4g) Oats & Chocolate Chewy Bar Ingredients: # 2 Semisweet chocolate chips # 4 Corn Syrup # 7 Sugar 1 Bar (40g) 10-11 g SUGAR 1 2 = = = = = = = = Cake frosting, chocolate syrup, ice cream — you know you’re indulging your sweet tooth when you eat these treats. But the CDC estimates that most of us get 16 percent of our calories from “added sugars” in our diets. Those sugars are hiding in places you’d never expect. Below is a comparison of sugar shockers and more obvious offenders. SUGAR SHOCKERS 3 tips for avoiding hidden sugars: 1. Check the label for added sugar. The American Heart Association recommends no more than 24 grams per day for women and 36 grams per day for men. 2. Scan the ingredients for corn syrup, sugar, fructose and other sugars — the higher on the list, the more sugar. 3. Better yet, eat unrefined sugars from fruit and other unprocessed snacks. 18 g SUGAR 20 g SUGAR 22 g SUGAR = = 20 g SUGAR What’s in Your Favorite Foods? of package (4.3g) 1 10
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Research by Kristin Kirkpatrick, MS, RD, LD
Fat-Free RaspberryPecan DressingIngredients:#2 High fructose corn syrup#4 Sugar#6 Maltodextrin
Lite ChocolateSyrup
Ingredients:#2 Sugar
#3 Fructose
4TbspServing4Tbsp
Serving
5 TbspServing
1Cup
Vanilla WhippedFrostingIngredients:
#1 Sugar#5 Corn syrup
Tomato KetchupIngredients:#3 High fructose corn syrup#4 Corn syrup
3TbspServing
Chocolate FudgeCake Mix
Ingredients:#2 Sugar
#3 Corn syrup
Light Tomato & Basil Pasta SauceIngredients:#4 Sugar
Fruit PunchIngredients:
#2 High fructose
corn syrup
7fl oz8fl oz Tonic WaterIngredients:#2 High fructosecorn syrup
MilkChocolate Bar
Ingredients:#1 Milk
chocolate
of a Bar(20.4g)
Oats & Chocolate Chewy BarIngredients:#2 Semisweet chocolate chips#4 Corn Syrup#7 Sugar
1Bar (40g)
10-11gSUGAR
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Cake frosting, chocolate syrup, ice cream — you know you’re indulging your sweet tooth when you eat these treats. But the
CDC estimates that most of us get 16 percent of our calories from “added sugars” in our diets. Those sugars are hiding in places you’d never expect. Below is a comparison of sugar shockers
and more obvious offenders.
SUGARSHOCKERS
3 tips for avoiding
hidden sugars:1. Check the label for added sugar.
The American Heart Association recommends no more than 24 grams per day for women and
36 grams per day for men.
2. Scan the ingredients for corn syrup, sugar, fructose and other sugars — the higher on the list,
the more sugar.
3. Better yet, eat unrefined sugars from fruit and other unprocessed snacks.
18gSUGAR
20gSUGAR
22gSUGAR
== 20gSUGAR
What’s in Your Favorite Foods?
of package(4.3g)
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