There’s been a lot of buzz about sugar?lately. ?Especially since the expose on?60 Minutes?last Sunday. ?The news has been spreading across social media like a wildfire searching for dead wood.

I know about the ills of sugar, and so do you. ?But I learned something new during all the hype: how to convert grams of sugar into measurements that make more sense to me. ?Good old fashioned teaspoons and tablespoons.

Manufacturers show the measurement of sugar in grams. So when you’re reading the Nutrition Facts label, ice cream can be between nine and 28 grams of sugar per serving. ?I don’t know about you, but that doesn’t mean a whole lot to me.

Here’s an easier way to covert that into something more familiar:

4 grams ?= 1 teaspoon
12 grams = 1 tablespoon

So take the pint of vanilla Haagen-Dazs in the picture. ?It has 21 grams of sugar per serving. ?(And that’s if you can restrain yourself to eat just one serving.) ?Twenty-one grams equals almost 2 tablespoons of sugar. ?Picture yourself taking out your measuring spoons and filling the biggest one twice with sugar and then eating it. ?That’s too sweet – even for me. ?I’m going to memorize that little equation so that the next time I’m at the supermarket I can figure out exactly how much sugar is in what I’m buying. ?Either that or I’ll look up this blog as a quick reference : ) ?Stay healthy, my friends!