496 calories
496 calories alone comes from added sugar every day in an average American diet.
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Sugar and calories per fountain drink
In this poster you can compare the sugar and calorie content of different sizes of soda. That’s a lot of sugar, isn’t it?? To read more about the dangers of soda check out this link.
Food consumption in America
In this infographic you can learn how much food, including beverage, red meat, vegetables, fruits, sweeteners and etc. average Americans consume each year. Among these numbers, enormous consumptions of sugar and salt are more surprising. Source: visualeconomics.com
Sugar consumption is mind-blowing
Women should limit their sugar intake to less than 6 teaspoons per day. Men should limit their daily sugar intake to less than 9 teaspoon. BUT The average American has more than 22 teaspoons of sugar a day! The average child consumes 32 teaspoons per day! To see more shocking facts about sugar click here.
High Fructose Corn Syrup
Why High Fructose Corn Syrup Is Silently Killing You We’ve started a series of posts about sugar. High fructose corn syrup is widely used in the industry and recently, it’s even more advertised in the television. In this infographic you can see some of health dangers of high fructose corn syrup, as well as some
Shocking Facts About Sugar
Mind-blowing Facts About Sugar Sugar is the white poison of modern society. Although it’s addictive and poisonous, we’re consuming more and more of it every day. On average, each one of us consumes around 150 pounds of sugar every year. That’s around the average weight of a female! 300 years ago our ancestors used to
The best and worst cereals for kids
Would you feed your child Twinkies for breakfast? If you said no then take a look at this wonderful article. Breakfast really is the most important meal of the day, and children need proper fuel to start their day. Save the sugar laden cereals for an occasional breakfast and give your kids what they need
doughnut or not?
Instead of having doughnut or other sweetened pastries, you may want to have whole-grain cinnamon raisin toast or half a small whole-grain bagel with low-fat strawberry cream cheese spread. They contain less sugar, less fat and more fiber.
Sweets for the Sweet
The last time I wrote about food I was not specific as to healthy snacks for diabetics so I promised to fix that, also I love a diabetic who is not always good about taking care of herself, yes mom, I mean you. Nursing school was many years ago, and although I have done some
