So there I was, telling everyone that the recommended daily intake of sugar for a woman is 20 grams, when I stumbled upon this….
This packet of Walkers Sunbites says that the guideline daily amount of sugar for a woman is 90 grams! That’s 4 and a half Cadbury Creme Eggs! That’s when I thought:
Gosh, have I been telling everyone it’s 20grams (one Cadbury Creme Egg) when in fact it’s 90grams!
Where did I get the 20 gram thing from?
- The NHS claims it’s 50g for a woman
- LiveStrong.com claims women should limit their intake to 30g a day
- GDA Labelling suggests it’s 90g per day for women
- Wiki says it’s 40g a day, no more
- At My Fitness Pal it sits around the 26g mark!
So, with the recommendations ranging from 26grams a day for women, and a whopping 90grams a day – what do we actually go with?! Hashtag CONFUSED!
It’s only three and a half days till I start my 30 day challenge and I still don’t know my limits. Answers on a post card! I suspect some labelling food people might use the highest recommendation (90g) so that their percentage on the front looks a lot lower….
If we used the lowest recommendation (26g) – it would make this packet of ‘healthy’ crisps nearer to 10% of the daily intake, rather than 2%.
Hopefully, before Monday, I will have a conclusive answer from someone?
In other news….
I’ve been asked recently;
What exactly will you do?
So, here’s a little run down of the challenge. All ‘added’ sugars, and refined sugars are out. So any labelling that shows the following:
- glucose
- sucrose
- maltose
- corn syrup
- honey
- hydrolysed starch
- invert sugar
- fructose
…is out. This will include a lot of white bread, all chocolate and sweet treats. I’ll also be declining all ‘concentrated’ fruit juices, with or without added sugar and all sweeteners (as they can act just like sugar in the body and on insulin levels)
In a nut shell, I’ll only be eating naturally occurring sugars i.e. fruit, milk, some cheeses and will only consume my recommend daily allowance in those. Whatever that may be come Monday!!
Welcome to Naureen who has decided to join me in my challenge!
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