The average American eats 17 teaspoons of added sugar daily. It’s killing us

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A diet high in added sugar, impossible to escape in processed foods, has been linked to diabetes, heart disease and possibly cancer

There’s a delectable scene in André Aciman’s latest novel Find Me where three characters sit down to lunch. They have just purchased fresh fish and scallops from the market, plus spinach and wine. On a balcony overlooking Rome, the woman “split open the branzini she had broiled in a cast-iron frying pan, removed their bones, and on a different plate came the spinach and old puntarelle, over which, once we were seated, she sprinkled oil and freshly grated parmesan”.

 

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Time to ban sugar, amirite?

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In 1700 average sugar consumption per person (in US) was 18kg per year. It is now 80kg. This was not consumer led demand but producer led

... Sugar, Pure,White and Deadly. Dr John Yudkin this should be a headling elliepses

“Us”?

Cancer cells need protein to grow. Excess protein causes kidney problems, feeds cancer cells that would have otherwise died and bad body odor.

Wrong. A diet high in polyunsaturates is killing us and is found in all processed foods (palm, rapeseed oil) and linked to cancer, heart disease, diabetes.

High fructose corn syrup also.

Isn’t that just one giant bucket of cola?

correct. subsidized and cheap. also in alcohol.

Why focus on added sugar? All carbs are converted to sugar in the body. Please try to give a more balanced view of how all carbs are fuelling T2D and other pathologies

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Killing them.

Hahaha Arab countries have one person consumes thirty spoon per day

Has the laid down it’s ancient hatred for all things US related because this sounds like it thinks it’s an American media outlet.

Good thing I'm British then

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