Re: 5 lb bag of sugar is 4 lbs...


"Sheldon" <PENMART01@xxxxxxx> 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


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