Thanksgiving Dinner

^{_{Everyone knows Thanksgiving dinner is loaded with carbs, calories, and fat. But how much sugar is on your plate? Pumpkin pie and candied yams are obvious culprits, but you'd be surprised where else sugar shows up.}}

^{_{(Calories from sugar:  420)}}

^{_{Thanksgiving Meal}}

^{_{The whole-berry cranberry sauce contains about the same amount of sugar as this popular gelatinous variety.}}

 Ocean Spray 
 Jellied Cranberry Sauce
 1/4 cup serving (70g)
 Sugars, total:		21g
 Calories, total:		110 
 Calories from sugar:	84

^{_{They're already sweet, but add brown sugar and marshmallows and the sugar content goes way up.}}

 Sweet Potatoes

 Candied, with Marshmallow Topping
 Sugars, total:		41g
 Calories, total:		320 
 Calories from sugar:	164

(Serving size is 1/8th of casserole, prepared
with 1/4 cup brown sugar, 3 oz. frozen orange
juice concentrate, 25 large marshmallows,
and 45 oz. canned sweet potatoes in light
syrup, drained)
 

^{_{A boiled sweet potato tastes good and is much more healthy.}}

 Sweet Potatoes (Plain, Boiled)
 150g serving 
 Sugars, total:		  8g
 Calories, total:		115 
 Calories from sugar:	  32
 

^{_{Not much sugar in here.}}

 Campbell's Turkey Gravy
 2 oz. serving 
 Sugars, total:		1g
 Calories, total:		25
 Calories from sugar:	  4
 

^{_{About the same amount as a slice or two of white bread.}}

 Sarah Lee Dinner Roll
 1 roll (40g)
 Sugars, total:		4g
 Calories, total:		110
 Calories from sugar:	  16

^{_{Even vegetables have small amounts of sugar.}}

 Green Beans (Frozen) 
 81g serving
 Sugars, total:		2g
 Calories, total:		30
 Calories from sugar:	  8

^{_{Not bad at all.}}

^{_{Stove Top Stuffing
Turkey Flavor
 1/2 cup serving
 Sugars, total: 2g
 Calories, total:                 160
 Calories from sugar: 8}}
 

^{_{Adding milk will increase the sugar content slightly.}}

 Mashed Potatoes

 (Homemade, prepared with milk
 and butter)
 167g serving
 Sugars, total:		3g
 Calories, total:		155 
 Calories from sugar:	12
 

^{_{Lots of sugar and calories in a small piece of pie.}}

 Marie Callender's Pumpkin Pie

 1/8 of pie (128g)
 Sugars, total:		30g
 Calories, total:		320 
 Calories from sugar:	120
 

Marie Callender's Pumpkin Pie
With whipped cream
 1/8 of pie (128g) plus 2 Tbsp. Whipped Cream
 Sugars, total:		31g
 Calories, total:		340 
 Calories from sugar:	124
 

^{_{Holy cow! How did they manage to cram all that sugar in there? (And 1300 calories?!)}}