Tag: empty calories
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Sugar, is it Safe? and How Much Can we Eat Per Day?

The World Health Organization guideline for the intake of free sugars (monosaccharides such as glucose and fructose and disaccharides such as sugar, added to foods by the manufacturer, cook or consumer, and sugars naturally present in honey, syrups, fruit juices) in adults and children is to reduce it to less than 10% of total energy…
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5 Important Reasons to Limit Sugar Intake

Frequent and excessive sugar consumption is harmful to our health, as in the long term it will create problems such as weight gain, heart disease, diabetes, etc. The natural sugars contained in a balanced diet in foods such as fruits, vegetables, dairy products are essential because they are….natural! These foods, along with the natural sugars…