Americans consume, on average, 765 grams of sugar every five days. To put that in perspective, in 1822 we consumed on average 45 grams every five days.
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Top 5 Sweet Facts About Sugar
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One can of Coke, 12 ounces, contains 10 teaspoons of sugary goodness.
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Sugar is as addictive as cocaine.
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Americans consume 130 pounds of sugar every year.
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The American Heart Association recommends we consume less than 10 teaspoons of sugar a day. The average adult American misses that mark by a lot. Like about 12 teaspoons.
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The average American consumes 53 gallons of soda a year.
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If you took away all the sugar in an average American diet, you would subtract 500 calories a day.
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Sugar is how we are wired for energy, but evolution never took processed sugar into account.
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Brain scans after sugar consumption, are very similar to when we do blow.
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More on that last one 130 pounds of sugar equals about 1,767,900 Skittles
