
The average American eats 22.2 teaspoons of added sugar a day.
That’s 355 calories daily! What we should be aiming for: No more than 100 calories (about 6 tsp) for women, and 150 calories (9 tsp) for men. So what are “added” sugars, anyway? They’re sugars and syrups that are added to foods during processing or preparation, versus the naturally occurring sugars in fruits, veggies and milk products. Soft drinks and other sweetened beverages are the biggest source of added sugars in Americans’ diet, according to a statement published in the journal Circulation by the American Heart Association: one 12-ounce cola packs 8 tsp—enough to exceed your recommended daily intake by 25 percent! Other top offenders: desserts (candy, cake, cookies, pie), fruit drinks and sweetened yogurt.
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