Hidden Sugar in many forms - read your labels!
May 19, 2007
There are many names for sugar. You may be eating way more sugar than you think. It is so, so important to read labels. Check out these names for simple sugars, which spike your blood sugar and then drop it down low, so that you crave more sweets.
Hidden Sugar - Simple Sugar in many forms - too much can be harmful
READ YOUR LABELS
Barley malt
Beet, date or grape sugar
Brown, golden or yellow sugar
Caramel
Carob syrup
Corn syrup, corn syrup solids, high-fructose corn syrup, and Organic corn syrup
Demerara sugar
Dextran, dextrose
Diastase, diastatic malt
Dried or dehydrated cane juice, cane-juice crystals
Ethyl maltol
Fructose
Fruit juice, fruit juice concentrate, fruit juice crystals
Glucose, glucose solids
Golden syrup
Honey
Invert sugar
Lactose
Malt syrup, maltodextrin, maltose
Mannitol, sorbitol, xylitol
Maple sugar, maple syrup
Molasses, blackstrap molasses, light/medium/dark molasses
Muscovado sugar
Raw sugar
Refiner’s syrup
Rice syrup
Sorghum, sorghum molasses
Sucrose
Turbinado sugar
You can also find more details on Diana’s Healthy Lifestyles.
Diana Walker, Cravings Coach
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