The Danger Of Added Sugar

The health scare of the week is of course about sugar. Drinking just one sugary soda a day increases the risk for type 2 diabetes by about 13% whether or not you are obese when you begin drinking the sodas. Researchers estimate that if Americans broke their daily sugary drink habit two million new cases of diabetes could be prevented over the next five years.

Health officials advise that daily calories from added sugar should not exceed 10% of your total caloric intake.Think of this. One 20 ounce soda contains about 66 grams of sugar. This  corresponds to 264 calories. If you are consuming 3,000 calories a day, for example, this one soda drink would represent 8.8% of your total caloric intake for the day.

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