The Australian dietary guidelines do not have specific recommendations regarding how much sugar to consume per day. Eating too much of any food, especially those high in sugar, without doing enough exercise, will cause you to become overweight. Having too much sugar adds to the amount of kilojoules in food and in your overall diet. It’s easy to overindulge in foods, especially drinks, with high sugar content. Therefore, fats in food contribute double the energy than the equivalent amounts provided by sugar.Īlthough sugar provides less energy than fat, it can contribute to the ‘energy density’ (number of kilojoules) of foods and drinks. One gram of carbohydrate provides 16kJ of energy. Sugar is a form of carbohydrate and it provides the same amount of energy or kilojoules (kJ) per gram as other forms of carbohydrates found in breads, rice, pasta and fruits. However, there is general agreement that energy (kilojoules) above the body’s needs will be stored as fat. The overall quality of the available evidence for changes in body weight in relation to both increasing and decreasing sugar intake in adults and children is moderate. However, people who consume a lot of sugary food and drinks at the expense of more nutritious food choices, may be taking in a lot of ‘empty calories’.Īdding a little sugar to nutritious grain foods, such as wholegrain bread and cereals, may encourage people to eat more of these foods by making them more tasty. Experts define a moderate intake as about 10% of your total energy intake per day. Sugar in moderationĪ ‘moderate’ intake of refined sugar can be an acceptable part of a healthy diet. They also prevent mould forming and act as a preservative. Sugars are popular in the processed food industry because they add taste, colour, bulk and thickness to food products. Refined (or processed) sugar provides a quick, simple source of energy, but it doesn’t contain other nutrients such as vitamins and minerals. Too much sugar in your diet can make your diet high in kilojoules or 'energy dense' and can contribute to health problems like obesity, diabetes and tooth decay. Sugar can take many different forms, including white, raw or brown sugar, honey or corn syrup. Sugars occur naturally in some foods, such as fruit and dairy products, and are also added to a wide variety of foods. The body breaks down carbohydrates into simple sugars such as glucose, that can be readily used in the body. Sugar is a term that includes all sweet carbohydrates, although the term is most often used to describe sucrose or table sugar, a ‘double sugar’. Like all carbohydrates, they provide a source of energy in our diet. Pour Some Sugar on Me lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.Sugars are carbohydrates. Songwriters: Joseph Thomas Elliott / Richard Savage / Robert John Lange / Philip Kenneth Collen / Richard John Cyril Allen / Stephen Maynard Clark Little miss innocent sugar me, yeah, yeahīreak the bubble, break it up (Break it up)

You gotta squeeze a little, squeeze a little Listen! red light, yellow light, green-a-light go! Little miss ah innocent sugar me, yeah, yeah

Razzle 'n' a dazzle 'n' a flash a little light Love is like a bomb, baby, c'mon get it on So take a few minutes to enjoy one of the best songs to come out of Great Britain in the 1980s. It's also listed #2 on VH1's Top 100 Greatest Songs of the 80s. Def Leppard's 'Pour Some Sugar on Me' hit #2 on Billboard music charts on Jand people have been singing it wrong ever since.

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