Refined sugar and natural sugar.

[Mary Jo]

Hello All,

Accidentally I posted these questions in the herceptin/tykerb thread but didn't know how to get it over here so I retyped it.

My questions are these..............how many grams of refined sugar is ok in a persons daily diet? I remember seeing Dr. Oz on an Oprah episode a while back and he said to read your label and if a product had 4g. of sugar or less it was ok to eat. Above that you should avoid it. How many grams of refined sugar would be considered alright in a diet in a day? Also, what about natural sugar like in fruit and fruit juices. I hate to buy the light versions as they have chemicals in them. The regular juice, even those that say, no sugar added are listed at 34 g. of sugar for an 8 oz. glass. I realize that this is natural sugar but that still seems ridiculous to even think about ingesting? Is it alright to drink that? How much natural sugar is ok in a person's daily diet? Also, does the refined sugar react differently in the body than natural sugar does or do they react the same?

Thanks for your help once again.

Mary Jo