The maximum recommended is not really defined. The FDA recommends 300 grams of carbohydrates for a 2000 calorie diet, but not all of that should be sugar. Instead of worrying about grams of sugar, concern yourself with where those grams are coming from- are the calories from nutritious fruit, or is it instead from corn syrup, powdered sugar, cane juice, granulated sugar, enriched wheat flour or some other processed sugar source? You can safely eliminate all processed sugar from your diet, replacing these calories instead with fruit.
children 6 yrs-14yrs should have .45 grams per pound of body weight
4 grams of sugar is equal to slightly less than 1 teaspoon. 1 full teaspoon is equal to 4.2 grams of sugar. Note that grams are a measure of weight, whereas a teaspoon is a measure of volume.
Make certain that ALL juices that you're giving to kids have a low sugar count! This is key when talking "juice" for kids. The Organic juices will be best, as they are usually low in sugar. If there's a lot of sugar (15 grams +) It's bad for children. By the way, sugary drinks are the #1 supplement in an overweight/obese child's diet.
If one was to look at the sugar percentage in Frosted Flakes, the cereal label says 9% on a serving size of one cup of Frosted Flakes. The grams that are included in one cup of Frosted Flakes is 8.37 grams.
Give them sugar, all kids love sugar.
A two liter bottle of Pepsi contains approximately 8 servings (of 8 oz each). Each serving has 28 grams of sugar. Eight servings x 28 grams = 224 grams. One cup of sugar is 8 oz which equals 226 grams. Your bottle of Pepsi wil therefore contain one whole cup of sugar. A great exercise to visualize the amount of sugar in soda for kids is by letting them guess how many sugar cubes a bottle contains. Each sugar cube weighs approximately four grams. A two liter bottle of Pepsi would therefore contain a total of 56 sugar cubes.
I don't know exact how many grams of sugar there are in a cupcake, but there is obviously a lot of sugar in just the frosting itself! Maybe 20 grams! Try to avoid frosting by scraping it off! Try to especially scrape off frosting for kids or if they really like frosting, keep just a little amount. Hope that answers your question! (Maybe...)
Sugar and carbs - kids:http://kidshealth.org/parent/nutrition_fit/nutrition/sugar.htmlAnotherIt is recommended that no more than 10% of total food intake should come from sugar. This is not only for kids but the general recommendation for everyone.
A variety of fruits and veggies, whole grains, milk and low fat yogurt. Limit the sugar intake. Chose foods low in sodium as well.
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Kids 4 and up are okay.