So my first “wise” post will be regarding sodas, soft drinks, or pop. I was at Food Lion Sunday after church with my daughter and we were waiting in line. I grabbed a Mountain Dew to look at the “nutrition facts”. Nutrition being a loosely worded. A typical American diet needs 200-300 grams of NATURAL sugar or carbs a day. But ADDED sugar (the white stuff they pour in) should only account for about 20 grams of carbs. Mountain Dew is all ADDED sugar, sugar that it is not from it’s original source– meaning they didn’t cut down a Mountain Dew tree to make it! 🙂 A NATURAL sugar or carb source would be whole grains or honey. That’s the difference! So in one 20 oz. Mountain Dew you have 154% or 77g of your daily value (DV) of added sugar!! That’s a day and a half of sugar in one bottle. Now, if you add that to a Little Debbie, candy bar, or ice cream, your ADDED sugar for the day really ADDS up! This adds weight and heart disease. Simply cutting out your sodas can sometimes reduce your weight by as much as 20 pounds! But don’t jump to sugar-free, there are dangers with those as well-more to come! Now you are sugar wise!
Becoming Wellness Wise 