1. Sugar Shock!

2. A sweet crystalline substance obtained chiefly from sugarcane

3. Match the beverage with it’s sugar content.
Matching
Match the beverage with it’s sugar content.

4. What is sugar The group of carbohydrates that help make our food sweet
All sugar whether natural occurring or added to food have the same nutritional value
All sugars provide 4 calories per gram (16 calories per teaspoon)

5. Have vegetables and fruit more often than juice Choose grain products that are lower in sugar Limit foods and beverages high in sugar

6. Ways to enjoy veggies and fruit without added sugar
Fresh fruit and vegetables
Unsweetened frozen fruit
Canned fruit packed in juice or water
Lower sugar sauces and dressings on salads

7. Have veggies and fruit more often than juice
What are the benefits of eating vegetables and fruit rather than drinking juice?
Less sugar, more fiber
Keep you full and satisfied
Juice has added sugar

8. How many teaspoons of sugar are in one serving of these?

9. =
15 tsp
60 g
8 tsp
33 g =
8 tsp
32 g =
7 ½ tsp
30 g =

10. All types of sugar
All sugar provides energy (calories) with no significant amounts of other nutrients

11. What are the health risks of eating too much sugar
Dental Cavities
Hyperactivity in children
Weight gain
Diabetes
Heart Disease

12. Food Labels white sugar brown sugar, molasses, honey, maple syrup
corn sweeteners
glucose,
fructose,
dextrose,
maltose
sucrose.
Ingredients:  granola (whole grain rolled oats, sugar, canola oil, fructose, salt, baking soda, soy lecithin, rosemary extract, sodium carbonate), high maltose corn syrup, rice flour, raisins, almonds, honey, roasted peanuts, sugar, fructose, sunflower seeds, cranberries, maltodextrin, canola oil, soy lecithin, malt extract, salt, peanut oil, natural flavour, tocopherols, sunflower oil, monoglycerides, rice extract, rosemary extract.

13. Artificial sweeteners
Artificial sweeteners are safe when used in moderation
Acesulfame Potassium (Ace-K)
Aspartame (Equal®, NutraSweet®)
Sucralose (Splenda®)
Cyclamate (Sucaryl®, Sugar Twin®, Sweet’N Low®)*
Saccharin®*

14. Choose less sugar Use applesauce in baking
Enjoy fresh fruit or yogurt for dessert
Choose canned fruits in water
Enjoy lower sugar, whole grain cereal
Use small amounts of jam, syrup, and honey
Read food labels!