Cane Sugar

Definition

Sugar that comes from sugar cane (vs sugar beets)

Also Known As

cane sugars, Glucose

Health Impact

Excessive added sugar intake is associated with adverse health conditions, including obesity, metabolic syndrome, and inflammatory diseases. Excessive sugar consumption may trigger neuroadaptations in the brain that decouple eating behavior from caloric needs and leads to compulsive overeating. The American Heart Association suggests an added-sugar limit of no more than 24 grams of sugar for most women and no more than 36 grams of sugar for most men each day.

Sources

• Added sugars drive coronary heart disease via insulin resistance and hyperinsulinaemia: a new paradigm

  Pub Med

• Obesity and Obesity Related Diseases, Sugar Consumption and Bad Oral Health: A Fatal Epidemic Mixtures

  Pub Med

• Added Sugar in the Diet

  Harvard School of Public Health

• Impact of sugar on the body, brain, and behavior

  Pub Med

Products containing Cane Sugar

Good Choice

Simple Mills

Chocolate Chip Crunchy Almond Flour Cookies

Better Options Available

Trader Joe's

Chili Lime Rolled Corn Tortilla Chips

Good Choice

Unreal

Dark Chocolate Coconut Minis