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Can you keep to six teasps of sugar a day..

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jinglbellsfrocks Sun 09-Mar-14 14:18:06

...as per the most recent guidelines from the WHO?

Bearing in mind there is 1 teaspoon in 3 slices wholemeal bread, 10 in 200 mls skimmed milk, 3 in a yoghurt, about 1 teaspoon in a carrot. Haven't measured things like weetabix, cornflakes, tomato ketchup, potatoes, cheese, fruit, etc.

I think it might be not nutritionally sound. confused

JessM Wed 12-Mar-14 21:56:49

hmm very sceptical about the cancer feeding on sugar thing. The way in which cancer cells metabolise glucose is very complex and there is much to discover.
You'd have to keep patients on a zero carb diet if you wanted no sugar in the system. There are lots of "doctors" that have quirky/quacky ideas all around the world.

Rosannie Thu 13-Mar-14 00:44:21

I liked the sugar booklet merlot, (tho I only buy that paper on Saturday for the TV guide} mainly because it had pictures and was very clear. I do think life is becoming too complicated. Low - Sugar, carbs, fat, salt, protein? Not sure what's left!

thatbags Thu 13-Mar-14 06:24:19

That sugar and cancer story is weird. All carbohydrates break down to simple sugars (e.g. glucose) during digestion – that's how we utilise the energy in such foods – so how, exactly, does one avoid ALL sugars? It strikes me as a(nother) load of nonsense, as most advice about eating is nowadays. Yes, I do mean most.

JessM Thu 13-Mar-14 07:21:41

roseannie the protein story last week was completely overblown and only based on one bit of not very inspiring research.
I think bags it derives from the knowledge that some terminal cancers are incredibly calorie hungry. This is why terminal patients can experience dramatic weight loss - the cancer is greedily depriving the patient of nourishment.
But that really does not mean that sugar causes cancer or that sugars and carbohydrates encourage cancers to grow.
the phrase "sugar loves cancer" is used as a hook on a myriad questionable websites, some of them selling outright fraudulent "cancer cures"