If you thought ice cream was the sweetest thing in your diet, we challenge you to guess again. There are plenty of foods out there that secretly pack a lot of sugar – even more than what is in a serving of sweet ice cream. We do not try to make you feel bad when you eat these foods. Instead, we want to make sure you have some perspective on how much sugar you eat each day so you can keep track of your health.
The American Heart Association recommends that women consume no more than 25 grams of added sugar or 6 teaspoons daily to maintain their heart health. Men are suggested to limit their consumption to 36 grams or 9 teaspoons.
Below are just four examples of popular foods that contain more sugar than one serving (2/3 cup) Ben & Jerry’s vanilla ice cream, which contains 27 grams of total sugar (of which 21 grams of added sugar). Be sure to check out The Worst Ice Cream Pints in America!
A can of 12 ounce Sprite.
A can of 12 ounces of Lemon-Lime Sprite packaging 38 grams of sugarto which all are added sugar. That’s 17 grams more added sugar than a serving of Ben & Jerry’s vanilla ice cream. Sip on that information!
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Noosa cookies and cream yogurt
One 5.8-ounce container of this delicious yogurt costs you 30 grams of sugar – of which 22 grams are added. We bet you did not expect yogurt to exceed the amount of sugar in a single serving of Ben & Jerry’s vanilla ice cream. Avoid a sugar crash by enjoying a Noosa yogurt for dessert instead of starting the day with another breakfast.
Bread Cinnamon Crunch Bagel
It’s pretty shocking that a bagel would contain more sugar than a serving of sweet vanilla ice cream, but it’s true! Breaded popular Cinnamon Crunch Bagel packaging 32 grams of sugar– there’s more sugar than there is in a 1.86 ounce Snickers Bar at 28 grams! Skip the bagel and instead consider ordering Steel Cut Oatmeal with Strawberries, Pecans and Cinnamon Crunch Topping and save half a gram of sugar.
California Pizza Kitchen Waldorf Chicken Salad
With 54 grams of sugar, it is no wonder that the entire size of California Pizza Kitchen Waldorf Chicken Salad made our list of The Worst Restaurant Salads in America in 2021. Of course, some of the sugar in this salad comes from apples – but certainly not the majority. It’s better to eat the serving of Ben & Jerry’s vanilla ice cream. You save 1000 calories and almost 10 grams of saturated fat.
For more, do not miss The best ice creams to order in fast food chains, say dietitians.
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