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LHS Home > Family Health > Sugar Sleuths > Less Sugar Please Less Sugar Please! List the foods you commonly eat that contain sugar. Identify several foods high in sugar that you plan to cut down on. Commonly Eaten Foods Containing Sugar Estimate Sugar Grams Estimate Sugar Calories                                                             Read food labels to find the grams of sugar in each serving. Compare foods to find ones that contain less refined sugar. Choose several low sugar foods to replace common high sugar items in your diet. How much less sugar will you eat? In one week grams____ teaspoons ____ In one month grams____ teaspoons ____ In one year grams____ teaspoons ____ Approximate Equivalents: 4 grams of sugar = 1 teaspoon of granulated sugar or 1 sugar cube 1 gram of sugar contains 4 calories 1 teaspoon sugar = 16 calories

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