The Facts about Sugar in Your Kid's Diet

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Sort Desciption: Learning more about sugar and its sources are important to help guide your child's diet.

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Sugar contains no nutrients other than calories â there are no vitamins, minerals, protein or fat in sugar. The body cannot tell the difference between processed sugar (white or brown sugar, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup) and â naturalâ sugar (raw sugar, molasses, maple sugar, fruit sugar/ juice/fructose/lactose/maltose, evaporated cane juice or honey). Adding any of these sugars will add calories but little if any nutrients to foods and beverages.

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