ok so we went to wic yesterday at a new location. I put down on his form he doesn't get sugar juice or fruits. :) omg I thought the nutritionest was going to fall over. :) She asked why I don't give him these things. I told her cause of yeast infections I had problems getting them under control and it was the only thing that worked. I asked for an alternate to milk due to ear infections. The look I got was like I was abusing my child. :) I aksed the nutritionest about soy milk instead of real milk or possibly a diffrent kind of milk for him. She looked at me real stupid like huh. She had no clue if I could use one milk over another to help with the ear infections. She had never heard of no fruit or juices. I asked about the sugar amount in each fruit or juice she couldn't tell me. She could tell me that cherry juice had the least natural sugar in it. But I can't get cherry juice on wic in texas. I could in oklahoma but texas doesn't allow it. And the whole purpose of wic is to lower the sugar intake go figure. So can anyone answer the questions she couldn't? so much for knowing more than me about nutrition. :) His iron was good he was in the range needed. I told her I gave him more protien she is like why do you do that? I said to help regulate the sugar in him. Any ideas of how to find the sugar value of a food like natural fruits or veggies? or what to look for on the labels of food so I can try to give him some fruits and juices with least amount of sugar?
You guys were a great help. Loved the website christy. all of you were more help than the nutrionist. :) I know now what I am looking for. At least now I know how to read labels :)
You need to look up "Glycemic amounts in foods".
Or "Glycemic Index."
Just Google search it.
LOTS of info.
Its all about HOW foods, are digested and broken down, in the body's systems. Not 'only' about sugar amounts.
AND there are different kinds of sugars.
My Dad was Diabetic.
The Nutritionist you saw, SHOULD HAVE KNOWN, answers to the questions you had.
Sugars that are naturally present in fruit (and other whole foods) are metabolized differently by the liver (in many species) than are sugars that are added to foods (primarily sucrose and HFCS). There is no evidence that eating fruit contributes to or makes it more difficult to clear up yeast infections in otherwise healthy people. The evidence about negative effects of sugar is still rather controversial - there was a GREAT article in the NY Times magazine section about 2 weeks ago. Absolutely worth reading. Since there are some really important health benefits to eating fruits and vegetables (and consequently avoiding some other things that one might consume instead) I would be try to learn a lot more before avoiding fruit in your child's diet.
The easy answer first. You can pick any food with a label and figure teaspoons of sugar per serving. There are 4 grams per teaspoon. So find the 'sugar' line (not the carbohydrate) on a label and whatever that number is, divide that by 4. That will give you the number of teaspoons per serving. But then you need to make sure how many servings the item is. It's amazing the amount of added sugar in some things!
Now as far as how much sugar is in natural things? That's going to be a little harder to find. My very favorite 'go to' book for things like that is, "The World's Healthiest Foods" by George Mateljan. You can look up many REAL foods and find out all kinds of things about them. For instance, I just looked up apple and it said that there are 16 grams of sugar or 4 teaspoons of sugar in 1 average apple. BUT there is also almost 4 grams of fiber so that sugar is handled differently in our bodies that straight juice.
Good for you for trying to look at healthier choices!
This might offer some usefull information. There is kind of a gap on the pages, so keep scrolling down past the regular text because there is more info there.
http://apjcn.nhri.org.tw/server/info/books-phds/books/foo...
