Some foods, like fruits and milk, naturally contain sugar. Other foods (think processed items, fruit juices, candy, and baked goods) have sugars, syrups and sweeteners added to them during the preparation process.

The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, the reigning authority on nutrition recommends that sugar make up no more than 10% of daily calorie intake. The American Heart Association recommends that no more than half of daily discretionary calories comes from added sugars—that’s about 6 teaspoons or 100 calories for women, 9 teaspoons or 150 calories for men.

Healthy hint: Added sugars come in many forms. Some names for added sugars include brown sugar, cane sugar, corn sugar, corn sweetener, corn syrup, dextrose, fruit juice concentrates, high-fructose corn syrup, honey, invert sugar, lactose (when not in milk or dairy products), maltose, malt syrup, molasses, raw sugar, and sucrose.