Many prepared foods contain added sugar, including yogurts, cereals, granola bars, jams, canned fruit, and sweetened beverages. Natural sugar occurs in healthy and unprocessed foods, including milk, fruit and vegetables. Added sugar is introduced into food in the processing or preparation stage and lacks nutritional value. High intake of added sugar is linked to increased risk for obesity, high blood pressure, high triglycerides, heart disease and stroke.
After bariatric surgery, it is essential to limit intake of added sugars for continued and maintained weight loss. The best option is to avoid food and beverages that are high in added sugar, or consume only small portions.
In addition, for people who had gastric bypass surgery, consuming too much added sugar can also lead to dumping syndrome.
Added sugar is often disguised under a variety of names. It is important to carefully review the nutrition facts of food and beverage products before consuming them. If any of the following ingredients appears near the beginning of the nutrition facts, the food or beverage may be high in added sugar:
- Beet sugar
- Brown sugar
- Brown rice syrup
- Cane sugar
- Cane juice or evaporated cane juice
- Confectioner's sugar
- Corn syrup or high fructose corn syrup
- Corn syrup solids
- Crystallized cane juice
- Fruit juice concentrate
- Honey
- Ingredients ending in "ose" including dextrose, glucose, maltose and sucrose
- Invert sugar
- Maltodextrin or dextrin
- Maple syrup
- Molasses
- Palm sugar
- Raw sugar
- Turbinado
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