John Neilson wrote:
Tracy Mighell wrote:I am new to the sugar free - on day 2. I am about to take all my unopened jars back to Woollies - they have said they will take them back
In the Quit Plan book it says that no more than 3g of sugar per 100gms for cereal - is this a good rule of thumb to go by when looking at ingredients in jars or packet food?
David says in one of his books, that we need about 10 grams a day of fructose to help glucose penetrate the cell walls.
That amounts to 20g of sucrose (50% fructose)
So it's a fairly safe bet to avoid "sugars" on the NIPs over 2% which is about 1% fructose. There are other sugars of course, but it's mostly sucrose. Yoghurt is OK to 4.7% because that's milk sugar and it's OK. Most dairy products are very low in sugar as are breads and beer and non-fortified wines.
But watch those NIPs - they are starting to put the "% RDI" listing on thr RH side of the "Per 100g" listing, which can fool you. Very sneaky.
John N
David actually said that we get the 10 grams of Fructose in what we normally eat during the day...........out of vegetables and nuts..........
Whatever you do, don't go eating 20 grams of sugar a day, over and above the vegetables and nuts (and don't forget there's the limit of two pieces of fruit per day) or you will keep your sugar addiction there.
David also said that even if we don't eat that much fructose per day, our liver makes it up for us as our bodies need it.
cheers
Freda
