Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 27, Number 9, 1 September 2010 — THE &SWEET'N LOW DOWN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE &SWEET'N LOW DOWN

A combination of a soda with sweet snacks adds higher amounts of sugar for the body's sugar-controlling mechanisms to handle. Here is a list of some eoninion snacks and their sugar and calorie counts. Is it any wonder that our children develop diabetes before their teens?

FOOD ITEM 3 0RE0 C00KIES 0R 1 MRS. FIELDS SEMI-SWEET CH0C0LATE 0HIP 000KIE (B0TH 1.2 0UNCES) 3 (1.4 0UNCES) PEPPERIDGE FARM D0UBLE CH0C0LATE MILAN0 C00KIES 1 ŪUNKIN' D0NUTS C0FFEE 0AKE MUFFIN (5.8 0UNCES) H0STESS TWINKIES (2 CAKES, 3.5 0UNCES) H0STESS SN0 BALLS (2 CAKES, 3.5 0UNCES) D0UBLESC00P0F BASKIN-R0BBINS VANILLA ICE CREAM 00NE BASKIN-R0BBINS 0RE0 0UTRAGE0US SUNDAE (12.6 0UNCES) C0LD ST0NE CREAMERY F0UNDER'S FAV0RITE ' (14.5 0UNCES)

TEASPOONS OF SUGAR 3.5 TSP.0FSUGAR 4 TSP. 0F SUGAR 14.5 TSP.0FSUGAR 9 TSP. 0F SUGAR 11.5 TSP. 0FSUGAR 11.5 TSP. 0FSUGAR 27 TSP. 0F SUGAR 30.5 TSP. 0FSUGAR

CALORIES (56 CAL.) (64 0AL.) [ (232 CAL.) (144 CAL.) (184 CAL.) (184 CAL.) (432 CAL.) (488 CAL.)