4th blog post

1 teaspoon of sugar has 16 calories.  There is no healthy sugar.  Here are the top ten foods with the most sugar #10 ice cream, frozen yogurt and milk shakes up to 25% of sugar #9 sauces and instant gravies up to 33% of sugar #8 canned fruit up to 52% of sugar #7 cereals up to 56% of sugar #6 jams, preservers and spreads up to 60% of sugar #5 cakes, cookies and pies up to 71% of sugar #4 dried fruit up to 81% of sugar #3 candies up to 93% of sugar #2 drink powders and soft drinks up to 95% of sugar #1 sugar, syrups and sweeteners up to 100% of sugar.  Sugars are a form of carbohydrate found in a variety of foods, including fruits and vegetables.  Since the dawn of agriculture and the industrial age consumption of sugar has increased rapidly, leading to an epidemic of obesity and other illnesses.  All the sugar the body needs can be found in whole grains, vegetables, fruits, and legumes.  There is no need to consume refined sugars.  Like carbohydrates, excessive consumption of of sugars can lead to diabetes, and cancer.  Foods that don't contain sugar eggs, fish, meats, fats, and oils.  Fruit is made up of water, sugar, fiber, vitamins and minerals and more.  The sugar in fruit is called fructose, not to be with high fructose corn syrup.  Fructose is sugar in its natural form plant sources.  Fructose is much different than table sugar which is also known as sucrose.  Fructose works much differently in your body than table sugar does.  When you eat a piece of fruit, your body takes time to start breaking it down because it takes time to break fruit down, your body does not release insulin when your eating fructose.