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9 Surprisingly Sugar-Packed Foods

Cut down on your sugar intake without cutting out cookies (11 Photos)

CNS on Jun 4, 2010 at 10:11AM

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Granola

Visions of oats, nuts and other health-packed ingredients come to mind when we think of this popular cereal. Surprisingly, just one cup of most granolas contains about eight teaspoons of sugar even though they may not taste tooth-achingly sweet. Don’t be fooled by the use of the following terms on granola labels: honey, brown sugar and cane sugar. These are simply alternate forms of sugar with the same 15 calories per teaspoon as regular sugar and contain no nutritional benefits. Limit your granola indulgence to a tablespoon or two as a topping for yogurt or low-fat frozen treats.

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