For comparison, we took the same amount of sugar in an empty glass, there’s 13.8 grams of sugar in 100 ml in Mirinda. So in the bottle, 13.8 x 6 = 82.8 grams of sugar. It fills half a glass. This much sugar can make you truly sick.
How much added sugar is normal for human consumption? The answer is 0. Yup, absolute zero. Because we are talking about added sugar. Not of natural sugars. We get natural sugars from foods.
There’s lactose in milk, fructose in fruits, these are examples of natural sugars. when you drink milk or eat fruits, you get these natural sugars through which you get sufficient energy. These natural sugars completely fulfil the needs of your body.
Added sugars are the sugar that we put into our food. The extra sugar we put in while cooking, or preparing the food. According to the American Heart Association, our bodies do not require any added sugar. To function properly. So the body requires 0 added sugars.
