"Sheldon" > wrote in message
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>
> Denise~* wrote:
> > Paul M. Cook wrote:
> > >
> > > We eat way too much sugar anyway. I hear the average US household
goes
> > > through 160 pounds of it every year *per person*.
> > > http://www.cspinet.org/new/sugar_limit.html
> >
> > I belive they are referring to sugar in processed foods, rather than
> > purchased sugar. I couldn't imagine buying & using that much sugar.
>
> I believe they're speaking of *all* sugar even that contained naturally
> in foods, like in fruit, vegetables, and in wine and beer!


No they are not. They are talking about all processed sugars and this
includes either pure or as an ingredient. It's a hell of a lot of sugar and
that statistic was from 1999 - the actual number now is probably even higher
still. There simply is no way to even estimate how much "natural" sugars
are consumed as well.

Paul