The hidden sugar in your food. Cut total sugar intake to 5 teaspoon each a day

Too much sugar in the diet is known to be one of the primary reasons for the obesity epidemic and rising rates of Type 2 diabetes.

Health officials are urging people to halve their sugar intake to as little as five teaspoons a day to prevent obesity levels continuing to soar.

Guidelines from scientists advising Public Health England, the agency given the job of tackling obesity, stated that women should have no more than five to six teaspoons of sugar a day, and men seven to eight

A 330ml can of fizzy drink contains around seven teaspoonfuls, so would meet this limit on its own.

People consume an average of 15 teaspoons daily, mainly due to the high volumes of sugar hidden in everyday items such as fruit juice, candies, fizzy drinks, smoothie, breakfast cereal, yoghurts, sandwiches and ready meals.

Experts are advising parents to control their children daily sugar intake. Milk should be used Instead of soft drinks or juice in their lunch box.

The food industry have not made any promises to reduce sugar. Health officials want the Government to force food manufacturers to cut sugar levels, ensure products are clearly labelled and impose a tax on soft drinks.

Managing the level of daily sugar intake seems difficult as almost all food contain a bit of sugar. To regulate qdaily sugar intake, I advise we should avoid adding sugar in our breakfast cereal, tea, custard etc and cut down the level of soft drink or juice intake.