Sugar (sucrose) usually appears in combination with other ingredients, such as fat. Research shows that diets tend to have an inverse relationship between sugar and fat intakes, for example, diets higher in sugar are likely to be lower in fat and vice versa. This effect is known as the ‘sugar-fat seesaw’*.
Did you know?: 1g carbohydrate = 4kcal whereas 1g fat = 9kcal