Is a lot of sugar too much?
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Do everything you can to avoid processed food, it can be changed in some way by freezing it, putting it in tins, combining foods or adding chemicals.
I am Rob.Today we have a sweet topic and six tempting items of vocabulary.
I'm Neil.Many of us find sugar tempting.Rob, how much is too much?
Neil, I don't know, but hopefully we'll find that out.I have a sweet tooth, and that means I like sugar.
NeilMe too.I see in the news that we are eating too much sugar.Sometimes sugars are hidden in processed foods.
RobProcessed food is any food that has been changed in some way, either by freezing it or putting it in tins.Some sugars are hidden in food that we think is healthy.There are low fat snacks and fruit drinks.
I do.There is a lot of information.I don't know how bad a certain thing is.
That brings me to the quiz question.Can you tell me if a food has a high or low amount of sugars?
NeilOK.We will find out later.Some food products have color coding on their packaging to help you understand the information.For high levels of sugar, salt or fat, there is red, orange, and green.
Neil means with a quick look.The man in Chester is being interviewed by a reporter from the British Broadcasting Corporation.He wants to know how much sugar is in a pot of fat-free yogurt.
The reporter has a pot of yogurt in front of him.It's been marketed as being quite healthy because it says 'fat-free'.If I told you how much sugar was in the tub, what would you say?I wouldn't have thought that a third of it would be sugar.It says it is fat-free.
The yogurt does not contain any fat.The man thought there might be some sugar in the yogurt.
That is correct, Rob.It doesn't contain any sugar if it is sugar-free.The yogurt had a third of its content of sugar.It sounds like a lot for someone with a sweet tooth.
At one time, fat has to be avoided at all costs, now it seems to go towards sugar and sugar is demonised.I don't think this is the way to go.You should have a balanced diet.It's important to enjoy your food and not focus on one aspect of it.
If you avoid something at all costs, you do everything you can to avoid it.demonise means to make someone seem bad.
NeilDr Kuhnle doesn't think cutting out one type of food is right.He thinks we should eat a balanced diet.
Neil thanks Rob for reminding him.I asked if the food contained 5% total sugars or if it was somewhere in the middle.You said low, right?Well done!
Yes, Rob.If you have a sweet tooth, it means you like sugar.My nephew has a sweet tooth.He eats a lot of biscuits and sweets.
Neil will not be happy with his dentist.Number two is 'processed food', which is any food that has been changed in some way, either by freezing it or putting it in tins.
Rob means fat-free.I bought this yogurt because it said fat-free.
NeilAha, did you know that a third of it was sugar?If you avoid something at all costs, you do everything you can to avoid it.I wanted to win the game at all costs.
Neil, RobI didn't know you were so competitive.demonise means to make someone seem bad.
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