Transcript Fruits and Vegetables The Flavor of Life

“Be Sugar Savvy”
Part of the
Re-Think Your Drink
Campaign
Northcoast Nutrition
and Fitness
Collaborative (NNFC) is
a community-based
collaborative providing
leadership and
coordination in the
areas of nutrition,
physical activity, and
food assistance.
Vision = All people in
the Northcoast region
value and practice
healthy lifestyles.
Re-Think Your Drink (RYD) Campaign
• Campaign Goals:
– Increase awareness of added sweeteners in
drinks
– Decrease consumption of sweetened drinks
– Increase consumption of healthy drink
options:
• Water
• Non-fat and low-fat milk
• 100% Fruit Juice, in limited amounts
How much sugar does
the average American
eat in a year?
Almost 100 pounds of sugar
a year = a quarter of a pound
a day!
• Quarter of a pound = 28 teaspoons or
about 28 cubes of sugar
What’s So Bad About Sugar in
Drinks?
Increased risk for being
overweight and obese
Adults who drink
one sugar
sweetened drink
per day are at a
27% greater risk for
being overweight
or obese than
someone who
doesn’t drink colas
or sodas!
Drink Trends in the US
1999 Daily Calories increase with amount
of soda consumed
3000
2604
kcal/d
2500
2000
1984
2312
2149
1500
1000
500
0 oz/d
0.1 to 12.9 oz/d
13.0 to 25.9 oz/d
Soda consumption
26+ oz/d
CSFII 1994
Harnack L., 1999
Adding one regular 20-ounce
cola a day to your diet every
day for a year could lead to a
weight gain of 25 extra
pounds!
• To burn off one 20-ounce cola with 240
calories, you would need to walk for 1
hour all because of the empty calories
from the added sugar.
Rampant Decay
Facts About Tooth Decay
• Caries, also known as cavities or tooth decay,
is one of the most common illnesses known to
humans.
• Dental carries is an infectious disease that
takes hold by 24-26 months of age.
• Without fermentable sugars in your diet, you
would never get a single cavity!
Germs + Carbohydrates = Acid
+
=
Acid + Tooth = Decay
+
=
HELP! I’M MELTING!
Strptococcus Mutans
• Streptococcus mutans- One of the few
microorganisms with specific receptors
allowing it to adhere to tooth structure and
cause dental caries, or dental decay
• S. mutans metabolizes (eats) sucrose,
fructose, glucose and lactose and turns them
into lactic acid
• S. mutans also uses sugar (sucrose) to form a
sticky substance called plaque
Bad Habits = Bad Teeth
• Almost everyone who has a lot of cavities has
a bad habit that soaks the teeth in sugar many
times during the day
• Drinking your sugar is worse for your teeth
than eating your sugar due to the length of
time the sugar is on the tooth surface
The Power of Advertising
Is it really possible that
people eat this much sugar?
Where is all this sugar
coming from?
What is the source of all this sugar?
• Added sugar to drinks and food
• Soda and sweetened beverages
How much sugar is in this
drink?
• About 17 teaspoons of sugar!
Start by Reading the Label
• In one 20-ounce cola drink, there are 65
grams of sugar.
• Grams of sugar. It’s a bit confusing…..
Simple Calculation
4 grams of sugar =one teaspoon
65 grams ÷ 4 = 17 teaspoons
What if I don’t drink soda
every day?
• Soda is not the only place we find an
abundance of sugar in our diets. Eating
large amounts of sugar has become
way too easy. Most processed or
packaged foods contain some added
sugar, and many contain a shocking
amount.
A Day in the Life…
• 1 Yoplait Yogurt (99% fat free) = 8 teaspoons
• 1 Grande Mocha Frappuccino = 12 teaspoons
• ____________________________________
20 teaspoons
8 teaspoons left until we reach a quarter pound
of sugar!
• 1 Yoplait Yogurt (99% fat free) = 8 teaspoons
• 1 Grande Mocha Frappuccino = 12 teaspoons
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Breakfast Total
Total:
20 teaspoons
• Newman’s Own Low-fat Sesame
Ginger Dressing (packet)
= 3 teaspoons
• Vitamin Water
= 8 teaspoons
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Lunch Total
Total: 31 teaspoons of sugar!
I just ate more than a quarter pound of sugar!
What will happen during dinner or desert!?
To have a healthy diet, what
can we do instead?
#1: Know how to FIND the added sugar in foods and
beverages, so we can LIMIT it.
some common words for sugar in the Ingredients list:
Barley malt
Brown sugar
Cane juice
Corn syrup
Dextrose
Fructose
Glucose
Sucrose
High fructose corn syrup
Honey
Maltodextrin
Maple syrup
Molasses
Powdered sugar
Raw Sugar
Show Me the Sugar
INGREDIENTS:
Oat bran, rice, corn
syrup, sugar, fructose, whole grain rolled
oats, dextrose, oat and fruit clusters
(toasted oats [rolled oats, sugar, soybean
oil, honey, [molasses] sugar, rolled oats,
strawberry flavored apples, corn syrup,
brown sugar, natural and artificial flavors),
high fructose corn syrup, vegetable oil,
contains 2% or less of potassium chloride,
brown sugar, sorbitol, glycerin, malt
flavoring, naturLLand artificial flavor, salt,
soy, lecithin, niacinamide, nonfat dry milk,
whole wheat flour, BHT, vitamin A, B6,
rivin, thiamin mononitrate, folic acid,
vitamin B12.
How many different forms of
sugar are in this one product?
How many different forms of sugar are in
this one product?
• 12
How can we lead a healthier,
low-sugar lifestyle?
• Limit added sugar. It is best to eat fresh, whole foods,
especially fresh fruits and vegetables, and stay away from
processed and packaged foods.
• Drink water instead of sugary drinks. Add a slice of
orange, lemon, or cucumber for zero calories and lots of
flavor.
minutes is
• Get regular physical activity
every day—30 to 60
best.
More Tips:
• Other healthy
drink options are
non-fat milk,
unsweetened iced
tea and 100%
fruit juice in
limited amounts—
not more than half
a cup a day.
•Diet soda doesn’t contain the added sugar,
but is still not a healthy drink alternative.
One small change makes a
difference!
• If the only change you make is
drinking one less 20-ounce cola per
day for a year, it’s possible to lose up
to 25 pounds!
• Save Money!!!
Be Sugar Savvy
• Know how to find it
• Know how to limit it
• Know how to replace it with healthy
options
To find out more about the
Re-Think Your Drink Campaign,
Please Contact:
Network for a Healthy California—Northcoast Region
1101 College Avenue Suite 215
Santa Rosa, California 95404
Telephone: (707) 543-5810
www.northcoastnutrition.org