Tuesday, August 25, 2009

A Spoonful of Sugar Makes the Medicine Go Down

According to Mary Poppins, sugar makes the medicine go down, right? Wrong. The sugar is taking too much of a toll on our bodies and is slowly damaging us. The average American is slowly giving himself or herself too much sugar. We are eating nearly 22 teaspoons of sugar a day and we need to cut back or we'll make ourselves more obese and have numerous health problems which'll make the medicine come up and impose a large cost on us in a bad economy.

Heart Group: Cut Back -Way Back- on Sugar
by Jamie Stengle, Associated Press Writer- Tue Aug 25 4:28 AM PDT

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. More...

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