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Archive Home > 2009 > August > 25 > Americans must cut their sugar intake - a lot, heart group says

Americans must cut their sugar intake - a lot, heart group says

By Jamie Stengle / The Bulletin
August 25, 2009

DALLAS " A spoonful of sugar? Americans are swallowing 22 teaspoons of sugar each day, and it's time to cut way back, the American Heart Association says.

Most of that added sugar comes from soft drinks and candy " a whopping 355 calories and the equivalent of guzzling two cans of soda....

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