SPECIAL REPORT -- According to the American Heart Association, women should only have about 6 teaspoons of sugar a day. Men can have about 9 teaspoons of added sugar. It seems, though, that throughout the day people are consuming much more than that.
Even if you are counting each teaspoon of sugar added into coffee or tea, there's more hidden in foods you wouldn't suspect. Foods like spaghetti sauce have 11 grams of sugar per serving which equals about 3 teaspoons.
High amounts of sugar are also making its way into baby food.
We spoke to dietician Rich Cohen with Kettering Health Network who says parents should limit the amount of fruit the baby gets.
Sugar not only causes diabetes, obesity and kidney disease, but it has also been linked to depression and fatigue.
Cohen explains what words shoppers need to look out for when reading labels, "sugars end in 'ose' so if you see something that has the -ose ending it's a sugar -- and it's in many foods.."
Bottom line: pay attention to food labels to see how much sugar is added. Generally, the more processed, the more sugar.
Even if you are counting each teaspoon of sugar added into coffee or tea, there's more hidden in foods you wouldn't suspect. Foods like spaghetti sauce have 11 grams of sugar per serving which equals about 3 teaspoons.
High amounts of sugar are also making its way into baby food.
We spoke to dietician Rich Cohen with Kettering Health Network who says parents should limit the amount of fruit the baby gets.
Sugar not only causes diabetes, obesity and kidney disease, but it has also been linked to depression and fatigue.
Cohen explains what words shoppers need to look out for when reading labels, "sugars end in 'ose' so if you see something that has the -ose ending it's a sugar -- and it's in many foods.."
Bottom line: pay attention to food labels to see how much sugar is added. Generally, the more processed, the more sugar.