SC - American sugar consumption

[James R. May]

I doubt that most of us would qualify as an "average household" as defined for
most surveys and reports with statistics like this.  And I suspect that much of
the sugar they are talking about is hidden...in fast food, prepared foods, etc.

Kiri

margali wrote:

> Humph!
> Obviously, somebody is getting most of MY share! Except around
> christmas and the baking holidays, my lord Husband and I go
> through 5 lbs every 6 months! We don't tend to much in the way of
> store-bought condiments or convenience foods unless we have house
> guests, so we aren't getting sugar there. Not much into sodas,
> and I tend towards natural fruit juices with my booze [when I
> even bother to drink ;-) ] so we aren't getting it there.
> margali
> [but then as a diabetic, I had BETTER not do that much sugar!]
>
>  And in May, 2000, it was
> reported by the Center for Science in the Public Interest that
> the figure
> was 158 lbs per person.   These figures are probably derived from
> U.S. Dept.
> of Agriculture gross sales reports.
>
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