Excessive sugar consumption can lead to cancer and heart disease due to the stress it places on the body during fructose metabolization. The average American consumes 90 pounds of sugar per year, with low-income individuals consuming the most.
Consuming too much sugar could cause cancer and contribute to heart disease, research suggests. This is thought to be the result of extra stress placed on the body during the metabolization of fructose, or the sugar found in some plants. Unlike the carbohydrates found in vegetables and starches which are metabolized by all cells in the body, fructose is metabolized only by the liver. Increased metabolizing blood sugar is thought to cause the cell mutations that cause cancer and increase levels of triglycerides, or fats, in the bloodstream, which can cause heart disease.
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The average American is estimated to consume approximately 90 pounds (40.82 kg) of sugar each year.
There are about 10 teaspoons (40 g) of sugar in an average can of soda, which is nearly double the amount of sugar health experts recommend consuming in a day.
Low-income people consume most of their calories from sugar, about 15% of their daily intake. People in the highest income bracket consume only about 11 percent of their daily calories from sugar.
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