TOYOTA TIMESAVER TRAFFIC.
MEL?
WE DOE HAVE A HEALTH ALERT
THAT IS REALLY FOR EVERYONE.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAYS MOST
AMERICANS DO NOT EAT A HEALTHY
DIET AND RISK GETTING HEARD
DISEASE.
THE GOVERNMENT JUST RELEASED NEW
GUIDELINES FOR YOUR DIET
INCLUDING A STRONG
RECOMMENDATION OF LIMITING THE
AMOUNT OF SUGAR WE CONSUME.
JOINING US NOW Dr. JUDY
RODRIGUEZ APPRECIATE YOU COMING
IN.
THIS CAN BE VERY, VERY CONFUSING
FOR PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY FOR FOLKS
WHO DON'T READ LABELS BUT THE
BOTTOM LINE IS WE NEED TO KEEP
IN MIND HOW MUCH SUGAR WE ARE
CONSUMING IS THAT ADDED SUG AROR
NATURAL SUGAR LIKE IN FRUIT?
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDED
SUGAR.
THIS IS INTERESTING, THE DIETARY
GUIDELINES COME OUT EVERY FIVE
YEARS AND A SLIGHT DELAY IN THIS
ONE AND A LITTLE BIT OF
CONTROVERSY AND SUGAR IS IN AS A
QUANTIFIABLE AMOUNT.
IT SAYS NOT MORE THAN 10% OF
YOUR TOTAL CALORIES, MOST
AMERICANS WILL USE, WHEN YOU'RE
LOOKING AT LABELS YOU'RE NOT
SURE.
BEFORE WE DIDN'T HAVE A CLEAR
DIRECTIVE, NOW WE DO, WE KNOW
WHAT WE CAN DO.
Melanie: IF YOU TAKE IN
2,000 CALORIES A DAY ONLY 200 OF
THOSE CALORIES SHOULD BE FROM
SUGAR.
WE TALK ABOUT A CAN OF SODA AND
THAT IS ALMOST THE ENTIRE AMOUNT
FOR THE DAY.
THAT'S RIGHT, A CAN OF SODA
IS ANYWHERE IN 120 TO
220-CALORIES SO COVERAGE
SIEVABLY YOU HAVE COULD HAVE HAD
IT ALL IN THAT ONE CAN.
Melanie: PEOPLE WAKE UP AND
THEY THINK I'M GOING THE HAVE MY
CUP OF YOGURT THIS IS A HEALTHY
CHOICE THIS ONE HAS BLUE BERRIES
IN IT SO TELL ME ABOUT THIS AND
IS THIS THE CHOICE THE SNAKE.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU WANT
TO DO THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT,
YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THIS ONE
THIS HAS 15 GRAMS OF SUGAR.
YOG E YOGURT ITSELF HAS SHUG--
SUGAR.
IT PROBABLY HAS ABOUT 10.
THE LABELS DON'T TELL YOU
NATURALLY OCCURRING AND HOW MUCH
IS ACTUALLY ADDED, YOU HAVE TO
BE A SLUTH AND LOOK AT THIS, BUT
IN THIS ONE YOU CAN SEE THAT IF
YOU SAW THAT IT IS 15 GRAMS OF
SUGAR YOU'RE REALLY TELLING
YOURSELF, I'VE ALREADY HAD A
MAYBE HALF OF WHAT IS THERE IN
THE ADDED SUGAR BECAUSE IT DOES
HAVE SOME.
Melanie: YOU SAY YOU LIKE
TO EAT THE WHOLE FOOD.
THAT IS A REALLY GREAT
POINT, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THIS
ONE THIS ONE HAS 45 GRAMS OF
SUGAR.
SO EVEN THOUGH IT IS NATURALLY
OCCURRING, IT IS STILL A LOT OF
SUGAR.
SO YOU'D WANT TO THINK, IF I HAD
JUICE TODAY, SHOULD I REALLY
JUST NOT HAVE ANYMORE SUGAR
BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT IS
NATURALLY OCCURRING IT IS STILL
A LOT OF SUGAR.
Melanie: I DO WANT TO GO
THROUGH MY LUNCH BAG, I HAVE
CARROTS YOU SAID THAT IS A GOOD
CHOICE, ALSO HUMUS THAT HAVE
SIMPLE INGREDIENTS AS WELL, I
DIP THESE TWO AND THAT IS GOOD.
ONE OF THE GUIDELINES TALKS
ABOUT PROTEIN AND REMEMBER THAT
HUMUS, CHICKPEAS, LENTDILS THOSE
ARE GREAT SOURCES.
SEAFOOD AT LEAST TWO TIMES A
WEEK THAT IS ANOTHER ONE
RECOMMENDED FOR A PROTEIN
SOURCE.
THAT IS ANOTHER GOOD GUIDELINE.
A LARA BAR THAT HAS DATES,
PEANUTSES AND SEA SALT.
YOU SAID BE CAREFUL BECAUSE I
COULD HAVE HAD A SMALL SANDWICH
WITH THE SAME CALORIES.
THE SUGAR IS NATURALLY
OCCURRING, I WOULD WATCH FOR THE
SEA SALT BECAUSE ANOTHER
RECOMMENDATION IS KEEP YOUR
SODIUM TO 2300 GRAMS IF YOU HAVE
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE IT SHOULD BE
LOW WERE.
THAT IS BASICALLY MEANS
CUTTING YOUR SODIUM BY HALF.
IT IS ABOUT HALF.
IT DEPENDS, THOUGH, IF YOU HAVE
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE IT MIGHT BE
A LITTLE BIT MORE.
PROCESSED FOOD ADDS A LOT OF
SODIUM, REGULAR OATMEAL IS ABOUT
TWO MILLIE GRAMS OF SODIUM,
INSTANT OATMEAL IS 200.
Melanie: WHOLE FOOD IS WHAT
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SHOT THE OUTER RIM OF THE
GROCERY STORE.
GET THE WHOLE FOOD, COOK THEM
AND YOU'LL SEE A DIFFERENCE.