All added sugars and syrups, pump your body full
of empty calories, send your blood sugar, soaring
and gum up proteins in ways that load your arteries
with lousy LDL cholesterol. Hi, I'm Doctor Miller
with a nutrition tip that'll help save your heart and
your waistline. You've probably heard about food makers replacing
high fructose corn syrup with real sugar in everything from
ketchup to crackers. The truth is added sugar of
any kind has no redeeming nutritional value. But food
manufacturers want you to think that real or natural sugar
is better for your health. Don't fall for it
. All added sugars and syrups, pump your body
full of empty calories, send your blood sugar soaring
and gum up proteins in ways that load your arteries
with lousy LDL cholesterol. Currently, Americans gobble up
an average of 22 teaspoons of added sugars each day
. That's 2 to 3 times what your body can
handle. The American Heart Association wants women to top
out at 6 to 7 teaspoons a day and men
at 10 teaspoons a day, whether added sugars come
from table sugar, organic brown sugar or raspberry syrup
. They subtract from your health. Here's a smart
goal zero added sugars in your diet and blood sugar
below 110, anything higher ages your arteries which ultimately
ages every part of you.