«The amount
of «
added sugar» will be expressed in grams and as a percentage
of a «Daily Value» — an amount
of sugar consumption that nutritionists think would be reasonable as part
of a daily 2,000 - calorie diet,»
reports NPR.
Although our primary exposures
of interest were GI and glycemic load as risk factors for depression, we also investigated other measures
of carbohydrate
consumption computed from average daily intakes
of foods and beverages
reported on the WHI FFQ, including dietary
added sugar, total
sugars, specific types
of sugars (glucose, sucrose, lactose, fructose), starch, and total carbohydrate.