A nutritionist explains an easy way to understand how much sugar you're eating daily

Andy Bellatti is a registered nutritionist based in Las Vegas. He says the recommended daily amount of sugar is no more than 40 grams, but what exactly does 40 grams of sugar actually look like? He explains an easy method you can use in order to understand how much sugar you're consuming on a daily basis.

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[bdk]

sugar should be classified as a controlled dangerous substance... it is the most addictive substance on the planet, has similar effects psychologically and physically to ppl as any drug

[hundragant]

So my sweetened Gold Peak Tea has 44g of sugar and that's already the daily recommended.
Gross.

[ddeowzh]

How about ZERO sugar. Only from fruits

[navecamnedia]

i just remembered that i never drink soda, but one came with an order i just got. checked after i took the last sip. i just drank 51.8 grams of sugar.

[BrceTwayne]

i i think i take more and i mean ALOT more then that in 1 sitting i should be diabetic by now but diabetes cant touch the batman

[walterwhitecar]

9 teaspoons in a little under 1/5 of a cup.

[Bluedhalias]

Maybe explain why you should only have 40 grams of sugar though.

[Rfcubwomagky]

Watching this after consuming more than 51 grams today

[sushrutish]

it doesn't look like 9 spoon of sugar

[liamdaniel]

Imagine using a scientific unit of measurement like gram and purposefully dumbing it down for the Americans to understand. Wtf

[bigtru]

So one baha blast that is 44 grams so that's insane