Is Eating Sugar Really That Bad for Us?
http://www.alternet.org/story/145367/is_eating_sugar_really_that_bad_for_us
January 27, 2010

Americans eat 156 pounds of sugar per person per year. How did this happen and how concerned should we be?

Want to gross yourself out? Imagine eating eight teaspoons of sugar straight out of the bag. Yeek, right? That’s how much sugar is in a can of Coke. A Grande Vanilla Starbucks Frappuccino has 11. A McDonald’s Strawberry Triple Thick Shake has 27.

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