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Are You Eating 60 Pounds of Sugar Annually?

29 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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Short excerpt from a YouTube video warning that individual sugar consumption has risen dramatically from about 2 pounds per year in the 1800s to nearly 60 pounds per year today, and arguing that excess sugar drives gut inflammation and dysbiosis which contribute to chronic diseases (diabetes, heart disease, stroke, erectile dysfunction, Alzheimer’s). The speaker frames this as a societal, largely unrecognized addiction rather than individual moral failure.

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In the 1800s, a single person ate 2 pounds of sugar a year. Now, in this day and age, one person eats almost 60 pounds per year. So you potentially are consuming 60 pounds of sugar a year. It is the leading driver of inflammation of gut dysbiosis, and those things lead to diabetes, heart disease, stroke, erectile dysfunction, Alzheimer's. So these chronic diseases, we have created them as a society. And, you know, I'm not asking you to feel bad or even feel guilty, because it really is an addiction that you didn't know you were signing up for.