Week 7: Danger - Sugar Traps!

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As you look at these numbers the thing to keep in mind is that 1 teaspoon is approximately 4 grams (rounding it off for easier calculation).

Coca Cola = 39 grams  or just about ten teaspoons of sugar

20 oz (590 ml) Bottle = 65 grams or 16.25 teaspoons of sugar

1 Liter (34 oz) Bottle = 108 grams or 27 teaspoons of sugar

7-Eleven 32 oz Big Gulp = 91 grams of sugar or 22.75 teaspoons of sugar

 7-Eleven 44 oz Super Gulp = 128 grams of sugar or 32 teaspoons of sugar

Mountain Dew 77grams sugar

Red Bull 27 grams sugar

Vitamin Water 13 grams sugar

Apple Juice

 8 oz (240 ml) Serving  Sugars, total:         26g,  Calories, total:                         120

 Calories from sugar:       104

 16 oz Bottle

 Sugars, total:                     52g,  Calories, total:                         240

 Calories from sugar:       208 *** Exactly as much sugar per ounce as Coca Cola.

http://www.sugarstacks.com/beverages.htm

Hidden sugars can be a major down fall so read labels! This is it for this week. Please, look at your shopping list and remember the plan starts in earnest on next week Sunday, January 28th! I hope you have already purposed in your heart, to go the distance toward great health.