Less Sugar Intake Campaign On The Cards

PUTRAJAYA, July 19 (Bernama) -- The Health Ministry will organise a grand-scale campaign to encourage Malaysians to consume less sugar.
Its Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek said this was because on the average, Malaysians consumed 125 milligrammes of sugar daily against a healthy dosage of 50 milligrammes a day.
He said excessive sugar intake was not good for health.
"On a daily average, Malaysians consume 125 milligrammes against 50 milligrames that a body needs.
"The truth is that the body does not need that much sugar as the energy can come from other food substances containing carbohydrate," he said here today at the soft launch of the Health Ingredient Promotion in conjunction with the 'Let's Eat Healthy 2006' campaign that was launched last July 1.
The Let's Eat Fruits campaign was also held to promote healthy eating habits of various vitamins, mineral and high fibre food.
Visitors of the event were served with various fruits including durian, rambutan and mangoes.
Chua said the adopted eating habits must be balanced with a healthy lifestyle such as exercising, no smoking and no excessive alcohol consumption.
"When drinking alcohol, do it in moderation. Drink according to body weight," he said.