Are the benefits of consuming sugar greater than its increasingly known effects–from it’s link to obesity, hypertension, high blood pressure, and so forth–especially given the ever-growing amount we consume in our American diet? See the below graphical comparison depicting the average American’s sugar consumption from 1820 to present. (Enjoy, but be careful; the news isn’t so sweet!)
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H/t: ZeroHedge
