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Why Sugar Is Wrecking Your Health & How To Quit
by Alanna Ketler
Collective Evolution
Did you know that there is added sugar in 80% of the foods that are sold in America today? Not only found in desserts and sweets, sugar can also be found in almost every processed and packaged food that you can think of, from hot dogs to pasta sauce to salad dressing to fruit juice to cereal to granola bars –you name it.
If the item comes in a package, you better believe it has some form of added sugar. It also hides behind an array of misleading nicknames such as: Sucrose, Maltose, Dextrose, Galactose, Lactose, Glucose Solids, Glucose/Fructose, Fruit Juice Concentrate and the increasingly popular and cause for concern: High Fructose Corn Syrup. It doesn’t matter what you call it, it’s still sugar, the leading cause of obesity in the United States today. (1)
The Obesity Epidemic
Obesity rates have skyrocketed over the past 30 years, but particularly in the last 20. (2) This has led to over 120,000 preventable deaths each year in the United States alone. This is especially mind-boggling when you consider the McGovern Report, which was released in 1977 that outlined healthy, dietary goals for the country. (3) How did Americans end up gaining more weight than ever before since this report came out?
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Source: http://www.riseearth.com/2014/09/why-sugar-is-wrecking-your-health-how.html
