I’ve been talking about sugar and all its variations for the last two weeks, and pointing out that sugar, high fructose corn syrup, and artificial sweeteners are not good for health.
I’ve even pointed out that there are questions about stevia, the natural herbal sugar.
So now the question is: how much sugar do you eat?
I’m going to show it in pictures. In the following pictures, each sugar cube shown is about 4 grams. The cubes are stacked, and the more sugar, the bigger the stack.
If, for example, the picture shows 10 sugar cubes, that means that eating that food is equal to eating 10 cubes of sugar.
valerie mccarney says
Thanks, been staying away from sugar but with the summer here I thought maybe a frozen yogurt once in a while would be ok..now I won’t be doing that. Great info. valerie
Carolyn says
Great visuals with the sugar cubes!
I think it’s also important to point out that many processed foods that aren’t typically considered “sweet” have significant amounts of added sugars that most people are unaware of. An example is Campbell’s tomato soup, which contains 12g of sugar per serving in the form of high fructose corn syrup! It also contains 710 mg of sodium, but that’s more to be expected and another topic for discussion. Bottom line: I tell all of my clients, when something comes in a package or a can, you must read the label CAREFULLY.
Michael Wayne says
Thanks, glad you like the visuals Carolyn. And you’re right about the sugars in processed foods – they’re nothing but trouble, with high fructose corn syrup being the worst. The U.S. has an epidemic of obesity going on, and if people do as you say and watch their sugar content, they will be a lot better off.
F says
I’m not convinced that 1 sugar cube = 4 grams of sugar
isn’t 22 – 30 grams each ???
Michael Wayne says
That’s a good question, so I looked up the answer at http://www.answers.com
This is what I got:
One sugar cube is equal to one teaspoon or 1/48th of a cup. (Source: https://drmichaelwayne.tempurl.host/blog/wiki.answers.com/Q/What_quantity_of_sugar_is_in_a_cube)
There are 200g of sugar per cup. (Source: https://drmichaelwayne.tempurl.host/blog/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar)
The math yields the answer: There are 4.17g of sugar per cube of sugar.
So in other words, one sugar cube does equal 4 grams of sugar.
bluejava says
Awesome! I need visuals to learn and so do my sons. Thank you so much. I was looking on here because my youngest son was asking what a gram looked like. The sugar cube visuals were very helpful.
Michael Wayne says
Great, I’m glad that helped. Visuals are usually easier in helping to assimilate information, and the visuals of the sugar cubes help tell the story. Hopefully this will be helpful for you and your sons.
WEARETHEFUTURE says
thanks for the knowledge although i already know… but 90% of america does not know that! you just helped save some lives.. hopefully!
Michael Wayne says
You’re welcome. Hopefully I am not preaching to the choir with this article and the visuals.
Pia says
Wow I drink Arizona tea every single day so does my family thx 4 warning me hope you have an great fri day night and weekend!!!