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It seems like the latest fad is to steer clear of sugar. I believe that some are going to the extreme by eliminating fruits from their diet as, in The West, we have a tendency to go to the extreme.
When several articles are released about the health risks of eating a lot of sugar, we tend to freak out and eliminate it completely. However, some fructose and glucose is needed for your brain to function at it’s full capacity. Of course, this does depend on how your body digests sugar; however, I believe that there is no reason to completely eliminate sugar from your diet. Limit your daily sugar intake because life is about balance.
Here is a list of the different names of processed sugar to keep in mind when you are limiting your intake:
- Agave nectar
- Barbados sugar
- Barley malt
- Barley malt syrup
- Beet sugar
- Brown sugar
- Buttered syrup
- Cane juice
- Cane juice crystals
- Cane sugar
- Caramel
- Carob syrup
- Castor sugar
- Coconut palm sugar
- Coconut sugar
- Confectioner's sugar
- Corn sweetener
- Corn syrup
- Corn syrup solids
- Date sugar
- Dehydrated cane juice
- Demerara sugar
- Dextrin
- Dextrose
- Evaporated cane juice
- Free-flowing brown sugars
- Fructose
- Fruit juice
- Fruit juice concentrate
- Glucose
- Glucose solids
- Golden sugar
- Golden syrup
- Grape sugar
- HFCS (High-Fructose Corn Syrup)
- Honey
- Icing sugar
- Invert sugar
- Malt syrup
- Maltodextrin
- Maltol
- Maltose
- Mannose
- Maple syrup
- Molasses
- Muscovado
- Palm sugar
- Panocha
- Powdered sugar
- Raw sugar
- Refiner's syrup
- Rice syrup
- Saccharose
- Sorghum Syrup
- Sucrose
- Sugar (granulated)
- Sweet Sorghum
- Syrup
- Treacle
- Turbinado sugar
- Yellow sugar
* Research done by UCSF.