More than 75% of Australian adults are either overweight or obese and health experts believed sugar is part of it, but diabetes patient said we can handle it by staying active.
Professor Timothy Gill from Sydney University said that the reason why we as human love sugar so much is it is because since when we were born, we have tasted the sweet breast milk from your mother.
Professor Gill said that migrants especially from Arabic and African background are prone to eat more sugar in their foods especially when it comes to snacks or cakes which will have an impact on their health.
He would like everyone to pay attention to food labels to check how much sugar content is particular food package.
" For instance, we need to check how much sugar per 100 grams of that food item, if one food items contains 10 grams per 100 grams of sugar in that item, it means that we already consume 250 grams of sugar or about 10 teaspoons of sugar in that food package", said Professor Gill.
Michelle Tong, a dietician from Brisbane based Chinese community also said that she like crackers and biscuit, but it would be a better choice if people choose the ones with grains, seeds and nuts compare to sweet flavor ones which contained more sugar.
Alan Barclay who is a dietician and nutritionist which author the book " Managing Type 2 Diabetes" and " The Ultimate Guide to Sugars & Sweeteners" said that do not fall pray for other alternative sweeteners like rice syrup, sugars, and honey as a healthier options.
He said that though these sweeteners provide energy they give you nothing of minerals, vitamins or fibers and they tend to contain other form or sweet like glucose or dextrose which World Health Organization (WHO) would not recommended for people to consume.
What more concerning is that Australian over fifty love soft drinks and it is the most common source of sugar they get.But within a soft drink can, it contains 9 teaspoon sugar, plus we pay little attention to the amount of sugar we add into our coffee or tea.
Michelle Tong said it is better to drink juice however, she wants people to eat one or two real fruit instead as it might take 3 oranges to make one cup of juice. It means that we have more sugar compare to just one or two real fruit which has less sugar content.
Professor Timothy Gill from Sydney University said that "we don't want to scare people who have already eat less fruits and vegetable not to eat fruits and vegetable because of it sugar content"
But David Fam how is a diabetes patient for the past 2 decades said that he can manage sugar by staying active and exercise as he did yoga and two sessions so even if he has some sugar there shouldn't be any problem, because it will be burnt off.
If you want more information about eating well please check the Diabetes Australian website here https://www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/ or check the Guide to Australia Healthy Eating here https://www.eatforhealth.gov.au/guidelines/australian-guide-healthy-eating
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