{"id":3472,"date":"2011-12-09T16:10:17","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T08:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=3472"},"modified":"2011-12-27T20:36:57","modified_gmt":"2011-12-27T12:36:57","slug":"sugar-in-your-growing-up-milk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=3472","title":{"rendered":"Sugar In Your Growing Up Milk"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe debate<\/a> is still on. Is added sugars ok in growing up milk? <\/p>\n

If you are still confused with fact of sugars in milk, I\u2019d gotten some materials from some key opinion leaders on this topic. Let me share with you some points of what they said.<\/p>\n

Dr John Monro<\/a> from Plant & Food Research, New Zealand :
\n1) All sugars are sourced from plants except for lactose which are naturally present in milk<\/p>\n

2) Added sugars (in milk powder) are mostly factory products of chemical and enzymatic starch digestion<\/p>\n

3) All sugars and pre-sugars (carbohydrate) are rapidly converted to sugars in the body<\/p>\n

4) And to sum it all, see the diagram below :
\n\"Carbo
\n (credit : Dr John Monro)<\/p>\n

The child could be consuming a lot of *added sugars every day!<\/p>\n

Professor Peter SW Davies<\/a> from The University of Queensland :
\n1) In 2010, 43milion Preschool children are overweight or 92milion \u2018at risk\u2019 of overweight<\/p>\n

2) If we lose the ability to \u2018balance\u2019 our intake and expenditure body weight can be lost or gained dramatically<\/p>\n

3) WHO Recommendation on Nutrient Intake Goals<\/a>
\n…………………………<\/span>% of Total Energy
\nFat —————————-15-30%
\nProtein ———————-10-15%
\nCarbohydrates———— 55-75%
\nFree\/Added Sugars —– < 10% \n\n5) Carbohydrates with nutritious value (you can find a whole list on the internet) : bread, banana, apple etc\n\n6) Added sugars have NO nutritious value which is Empty Calories. Extra calories lead to weight gain, and is not required in a healthy diet.\n\n7) So what can we do? Select wholesome natural food as source for carbohydrates; look out for *added sugars in processed foods. \n\nWhile we know that growing up milk has essential nutrients for growing up children (for their brain and physical development) , and contains more nutrient than a glass of fresh milk, what you can see from the above key opinion leaders is that, the excessive added sugars being added in is not needed in children\u2019s growing up milk.\n\nSo parents, when you are choosing your children\u2019s growing up milk, do check the carbohydrate per serving found in the tin\/pack of the milk. Remember, anything above 11-12g per serve is added sugars.\n\n*Added sugars come in the form of corn syrup solids, sucrose, glucose syrup solids, maltodextrin\n\n<\/p>\n

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