Foods That Contain Sugar
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Yes, alas it's true - foods that contain sugar often contain fats.
When we're referring to natural foods, the amount can range from minimal to the low end of the sugar scale. Even innocent looking fresh vegetables generally contain a few grams of each.
Let's take a look at a couple of the healthy vegetables.
Sweet Potatoes: raw state, about 5" in length. One contains 112 calories, 2.04 protein grams, 3.9 dietary fiber grams, 5.43 sugar grams and 0.06 dietary fat grams. Pretty impressive, isn't it?
Cabbage: raw state, common green cabbage, 1 cup - shredded. Contains 18 calories, 0.90 protein grams, 1.8 dietary fiber grams, 2.24 sugar grams and 0.07 dietary fat grams. Pretty impressive, isn't it?
But once the processing begins - sheesh! it's a rolling stone which indeed gathers quite a lot of moss.
However when it's a darling dieter in question, they become the moss. Trapped. Beneath layers of sugar. Of Fat. Which in turn convert to layers of body fat.
It's interesting to see all sorts of new things once we start examining foods more closely - like with the sweet potato and cabbage.
Who would have thought that the rather hefty-sized potato would contain slightly less total fat than the cabbage?
Sure - it's so tiny that it really doesn't matter, but still - it's a 0.06 vs 0.07 comparison with cabbage coming out holding more fat per serving in its raw state.
On that note, let's take a look at the Basic Five Food Groups and identify some of the top - as well as worst offenders. Take note that none of the foods are natural choices - rather foods which can fit into each specific group because of their ingredient composite. Body Fat: Grain Group Foods, Sugar & Fat Offenders
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Based on 1 Cup Unless Stated |
GRAMS |
Cookies, oatmeal, commercially prepared, fat-free - per cookie |
4.61 |
Bagels, plain, enriched, with calcium propionate, includes onion, poppy, sesame - 4" bagel |
4.49 |
Candies, Mars M&M's Milk Chocolate Candies - 10 pieces |
4.46 |
Onions, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt - 1 medium |
4.45 |
Soup, chunky vegetable, canned, ready-to-serve |
4.39 |
Pickle relish, sweet - 1 Tablespoon |
4.37 |
Sauce, hoisin, ready-to-serve - 1 Tablespoon |
4.36 |
Cookies, graham crackers, plain, cinnamon or honey - 2 squares |
4.35 |
Peppers, sweet, green, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt |
4.34 |
Macaroni and cheese, frozen entree |
4.33 |
Carambola, (starfruit), raw |
4.30 |
Mung beans, mature seeds, sprouted, raw |
4.30 |
Danish pastry, cheese - 1 Danish |
4.93 |
Kellogg's All-Bran Complete Wheat Flakes - 3/4 cup |
4.93 |
Syrups, table blends, pancake, reduced-calorie - 1 Tablespoon |
4.92 |
Cookies, peanut butter, commercially prepared, regular; per cookie |
4.77 |
Beans, kidney, red, mature seeds, canned, solids and liquids |
4.74 |
Tomatoes, red, ripe, raw, year round average |
4.73 |
Kellogg's All-Bran Original - 1/2 cup |
4.71 |
Muffins, oat bran - for one muffin |
4.69 |
Turnips, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt |
4.66 |
Onions, raw - one whole |
4.66 |
Squash, summer, all varieties, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt |
4.66 |
Kohlrabi, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt |
4.62 |
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