Avoiding food with added sugars can be harder than expected

your health. but monitoring your sugar intake – especially you’re children’s – can be difficult. 47 abc’s dani bozzini spoke with a local dietitian about the hidden sugars in everyday foods. track one when we think of sugar – we think of dessert – whether its cake, ice cream, or even cookies – there’s no secret that those sweets contain sugar – and usually lots of it – but foods with added sugars- can be harder to detect — because often times it isn’t labeled sugar – according to the american heart association a child should have less than six teaspoons of added sugars or 100 calories a day — 15;47;47;23 it goes under a lot of names. so you may have sugar you may have corn syrup, high fruitcose corn syrup you have isomalt you may have barley malt you might have fruit juice concentrate 15;48;04;03 track two prmc registered dietitian – jamara giles – says added sugars are different than the natural sugars we see in fruits – they are sugars and syrups put in foods during preparation or processing, or added at the table – and the various names for added sugars – makes it even harder for parents to measure their child’s intake — especially when added sugars come in unexpected sources – like chips 15;53;47;30 so on our plain chips we have less than one gram of sugar which is appropriate but simply going for the bbq chips we already have three grams of sugar because of whats in the bbq sauce flavoring 15;54;02;04 track three giles says those extra grams of sugar are in fact added sugar — so checking the labels — even on foods you wouldn’t expect –is important while tracking your sugar intake — and jennifer johnson from the wicomico county health department — explains going over the recommended amount can increase a child’s risk of obesity, heart sease, and diabetes 16;05;14;44 it really can lead to a lot of different things so i think as parents because we’re the ones buying the food, preparing the food so as parents we need to make sure that we’re on board with what we are feeding the children 16;05;28;19 track four but the good news – is it will get easier – the fda — is making all food labels have a new section called added sugars under the nutrition facts by 2018 — dani bozzini, 47 abc and johnson says to make it easier for parents grocery shopping — use the internet before going — research the labels of the foods you’re planning to buy — so you know before you get there what to avoid. in florida — four more zika infections have been reported