Sugars and sugar are different. The ingredients list is where you want to check for things like sugar, cane sugar, evaporated cane syrup, high fructose corn syrup, etc... Those are all added sugar that were not naturally in whatever you are eating. Oats and other carbohydrates naturally have sugars in them and you need some sugar as carbs are the energy you need to move and be active throughout the day.
Another example is fruit - an apple is naturally sweet as is a banana. Neither have white sugar or anything similar added, just plain old fruit. Now for weight loss I personally aim for the lower glycemic index of the fruits so the overall blood sugar increase is less because I am diabetic, but both are fine in moderation and with bananas if they are slightly green they are less sweet than older bananas.
Hope that helps!
Rae
Last edited by usone123; 05-22-2016 at 12:48 AM.
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