How much sugar can the human body take?!
Question:
How much sugar can the human body take?
I just wanted to know how much sugar can the human body take? Also if you can tell me how much sugar till you would get diabetes? thanks, also a site on the info would be helpful, thanks again.
Answers:
In 2003, four United Nations agencies, (including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)) commissioned a report compiled by a panel of 30 international experts. The panel stated that the total of free sugars (all monosaccharides and disaccharides added to foods by manufacturers, cooks or consumers, plus sugars naturally present in honey, syrups and fruit juices) should not account for more than 10% of the energy-intake of a healthy diet, while carbohydrates in total should represent between 55% and 75% of the energy-intake (table 6, page 56 of the WHO Technical Report Series 916, Diet, Nutrition and the Prevention of Chronic Diseases).
Sugar producers’ advice
On the other hand, the Sugar Association of the United States of America insists that other evidence[citation needed] indicates that a quarter of human food and drink intake can safely consist of sugar.