Interesting Website - Sugar Stacks

[pagliaccia]

Hey everyone, I just found this website that displays the amount of sugar in various foods. There's a picture of the food with neatly stacked cubes of sugar next to it. Very eye-opening, and I hope they add even more examples. All the more encouraging to eat "real" food on Atkins!

Sugar Stacks - How Much Sugar Is in That?

[not2late]

Another way to gauge the amount of sugar in some foods is this:

4 grams of sugar = 1 teaspoon of sugar.
3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon
16 tablespoons = 1 cup

So if a beverage has 25 grams of sugar, that's alittle more than 6 teaspoons of sugar or 3 tablespoons of sugar. How many people would stir 3 tablespoons into a glass of water and want to drink it several times a day?

[pagliaccia]

Originally Posted by not2late

Another way to gauge the amount of sugar in some foods is this:

4 grams of sugar = 1 teaspoon of sugar.
3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon
16 tablespoons = 1 cup

So if a beverage has 25 grams of sugar, that's alittle more than 6 teaspoons of sugar or 3 tablespoons of sugar. How many people would stir 3 tablespoons into a glass of water and want to drink it several times a day?

...well, that depends. Are we counting hummingbirds as people?

[imagood1]

Originally Posted by pagliaccia

Hey everyone, I just found this website that displays the amount of sugar in various foods. There's a picture of the food with neatly stacked cubes of sugar next to it. Very eye-opening, and I hope they add even more examples. All the more encouraging to eat "real" food on Atkins!

Sugar Stacks - How Much Sugar Is in That?

this is a good site -- I've been trying to get my husband and mother to understand the if they have a choice between grapes and strawberries the strawberries are better because strawberries won't make their blood sugar spike. My mother is notorious for eating a handful of grapes an hour before taking her evening blood sugar test....it's always high when she's eaten grapes. I just showed her the pictures of grapes vs strawberries....I think she FINALLY gets it!!! Thanks.

[pagliaccia]

No problem, I'm happy to help! To be honest, this site kills any temptation I'd have for any of these food items.