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Heart group draws hard line on sugar intake
Reuters August 24, 2009
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Americans need to cut back dramatically on sugar consumption, the American Heart Association said on Monday in a recommendation that is likely to rile food and beverage companies.
The group said women should eat no more than 100 calories of added processed sugar per day, or six teaspoons (25 grams), while most men should keep it to just 150 calories or nine teaspoons (37.5 grams).
That’s far below the 22 teaspoons (90 grams) or 355 calories of added sugar consumed by the average American each day, according to a 2004 government survey.
The researchers took particular aim at the estimated $115 billion U.S. market for soft drinks, which Johnson said represent the No. 1 source of added sugars in the American diet.
“For the first time we’ve created specific recommendations about the amount of sugars that can be consumed in a heart-healthy diet,” Rachel Johnson of the University of Vermont, lead author of the policy statement published in the journal Circulation, said in a telephone interview.
Johnson said U.S. labels on packaged foods do not distinguish between naturally occurring or added sugars, but she said anything labeled “syrup” in the ingredients list is likely an added sugar.
Too much sugar not only makes Americans fat but also is a key culprit in diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke, according to the report.
While the heart experts said no single food or food group is to blame for the nation’s obesity epidemic, they said many studies have shown a correlation between higher intake of sweetened beverages and obesity.
“Over the past 30 years, total calorie intake has increased by an average of 150 to 300 calories per day, and approximately 50 percent of this increase comes from liquid calories (primarily sugar-sweetened beverages),” the report reads.
