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In 1850 Authentic J.T. Miller Jersey , the typical American consumed about twenty pounds of sugar every year. Today, the typical American consumes 141 lbs. of sugar (an SUV-full) annually. The 2011 USDA estimates the average American ingests two tons of sugar in a lifetime. Yep, that’s per person.


Most of this sugar comes from high fructose corn syrup which is the main ingredient in most refined foods. But, if you read the nutrition labels, you’ll immediately see that sugar is either added or exists naturally (such as in dairy and fruit) in over 80% of the produce in the supermarket. Soda pop, juice drinks, milk, and pure fruit juice are the leading sources of sugar from drinks.


Your body can’t tell the difference between fructose from apples, lactose from milk, galactose from beets, or sucrose from maple syrup. Because their molecular structures are nearly identical, these saccharides are all metabolized by your body in the exact same way. Furthermore, all fruit and starchy carbohydrates such as grains, legumes, corn, and potatoes, will immediately get converted into glucose in the body. According to Harvard Health Publications, pizza, mashed potatoes, raisins, popcorn, and Grape Nuts (a supposed “health food”) all have a glycemic index (glucose = 100) above 70 which is 15 points higher than a Snickers bar. Fructose (from corn and fruit) is one of the worst kinds of sugar because it’s very glycating which can be very harmful to your arteries. A spiked glycemic index manifested by the ingestion of these starchy foods e