Rethink Your Drink

What are "added" sugars on a food label?

• Sugar that you add before you eat it or drink it.

• Equal or Sweet n' Low or Stevia

• Sugars added during processing to make the product taste better.

What are natural sugars?

• Sugars that are made from pure cane sugar.

• Sugars that are found naturally in foods. Some of their names are fructose and lactose.

• Sugars that are good for you.

Sugared drinks sometimes provide zero nutrition.

• True

• False

Drinking a lot of sugary drinks might put you at risk for diseases such as diabetes and heart disease.

• True

• False

Sports drinks such as Gatorade or Powerade don't contain sugar.

• True

• False

Fruit juice sometimes contains as much sugar as soda.

• True

• False

The equation for converting grams to teaspoons is:

• Grams divided by 2

• Grams divided by 3

• Grams divided by 4

A 16 ounce bottle of Coke or Mt. Dew or Dr. Pepper contains _____ teaspoons of sugar.

• 8

• 12

• 17

Broccoli is which type of food?

• Go

• Slow

• Whoa

Tortilla chips are which type of food?

• Go

• Slow

• Whoa