List and briefly discuss ways to reduce the intake of added sugars.

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

Use less table sugar on foods and in beverages.
Use your sugar kcalories to sweeten nutrient-dense foods (such as oatmeal) instead of consuming empty kcalorie foods and beverages (such as candy and soda).
Drink fewer regular sodas, sports drinks, energy drinks, and fruit drinks; choose water, fat-free milk, 100 percent fruit juice, or unsweetened tea or coffee instead. If you do drink sugar- sweetened beverages, have a small portion.
Select fruit for dessert. Eat less cake, cookies, ice cream, other desserts, and candy. If you do eat these foods, have a small portion.
Instead of adding sugar, add fresh fruit to cereal and dried fruit to oatmeal.
Instead of using sugar in recipes, use unsweetened applesauce (equal amounts).
Instead of using sugar, enhance the flavors of foods with spices such as cinnamon, allspice, ginger or nutmeg and with extracts of almond, vanilla, orange, or lemon.
Read the Nutrition Facts on a label to choose foods with less sugar. Compare the unsweetened version of a food (such as cornflakes) with the sweetened version (such as frosted cornflakes) to estimate the quantity of added sugars. The quantity of sugars listed in the Nutrition Facts for foods containing little or no milk or fruit are a good estimate of added sugars per serving.
Read the ingredients list to identify foods with little or no added sugars. A food is likely to be high in added sugars if its ingredient list starts with any of the sugars that are typically added or if it contains several of the added sugars.