As a pastry chef who makes a living creating desserts with sugar and butter it may surprise you to hear me say publicly we all need to cut back on the amount of sugar and fat we consume.
But we have to — the evidence is too great to ignore:
• One hundred and fifty-six pounds. That's how much added sugar Americans consumes each year on a per capita basis, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Imagine it: 31 five-pound bags for each of us.
• Nearly one in three (31.8%) U.S. children (23.9 million) ages 2 to 19 are overweight or obese.
• All in all, obesity and overweight account for nearly one of every 10 American deaths, and they also drain our society of $223 billion a year.
To read the rest of the story, please go to: Huffington Post
