{"id":3049,"date":"2011-03-23T16:44:13","date_gmt":"2011-03-23T08:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=3049"},"modified":"2011-04-21T20:16:45","modified_gmt":"2011-04-21T12:16:45","slug":"sugar-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=3049","title":{"rendered":"Sugar Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--noadsense--><br \/>\nMy two girls love sweets, especially Zara. She can be popping sweets in her mouth like pop corns while watching TV, and before you know it, she\u2019s finished a bowl of sweets. Does your child love sweets like Zara?<br \/>\nAt times when I see them eating sweets like that, and all the rest of sweet drinks they are taking, I\u2019m worried about their sugar intake.<\/p>\n<p>The girls are already eating lots of other things which contain sugar, e.g. the daily carbohydrate that they are taking, fruits, biscuits, cultured milks and not to mention the various sweets (the ones we bought or the ones they got from party packs).<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t want them to grow up to be obese, and have a string of other health issues (e.g. diabetes, high blood pressure, which I\u2019m high risk for both) because of their excessive sugar intake.<\/p>\n<p>Just like our MOH\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/findarticles.com\/p\/news-articles\/new-straits-times\/mi_8016\/is_20100321\/campaign-reduce-sugar-consumption\/ai_n52651604\/\">Less Sugar campaign<\/a> launched last year (url: ), in our own household we\u2019re trying to do something similar.  <\/p>\n<p>When we buy something which will be consumed by the girls, e.g. juice, milk, even sweets, we always check the label for the sugar content. Do you know besides checking the label for the sugar content for added sugar (e.g. sucrose, corn syrups solids, glucose syrups solids), you should also check the carbohydrate content, if you are not aware, the higher the carbohydrate means the higher the added sugar level.<\/p>\n<p>For sweets, we always try to buy those that are sweetened by fruit juice. (Girls called them \u2018high quality sweets\u2019.) If possible we go for non added sugar product, or a product that has lower sugar level (in the form of added sugar or carbohydrates).<\/p>\n<p>When I bake at home, I too tend to reduce about 1\/3 sugar in the bake goods.<\/p>\n<p>Do you do sugar watch like this in your household too?<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=3049\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 223776;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My two girls love sweets, especially Zara. She can be popping sweets in her mouth like pop corns while watching TV, and before you know it, she\u2019s finished a bowl of sweets. Does your child love sweets like Zara? 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