Many Americans don't know how much and what kinds of sugar are in their beverages, according to a new study. But people who are concerned about sugar tend to be better at avoiding it, researchers found.
The confusion is understandable. Regular soft drinks and many fruit juice beverages and sports drinks are sweetened with added sugars such as sucrose or high fructose corn syrup, while 100-percent fruit juices only contain natural sugars. Milk has natural sugar too, even though it isn't sweet. Diet soft drinks may taste sweet, but they don't contain any sugar.
"Some dietary recommendations call out 'sugary' beverages," lead researcher Gail Rampersaud told Reuters Health in an email. "We wanted to see how consumers were interpreting that term and whether they had a good understanding of the types of sugars or other sweeteners in commonly consumed beverages." http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_143363.html
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