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Sugar Shock: 4 Things You Didn't Know About Your Diet

By Stephanie Schomer
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In 1822 Americans consumed the amount of added sugar in one 12-ounce can of soda every five days. Today we consume that amount every ten hours...which is equivalent to 12 cans of soda in five days.

Next: The unhealthy truth about sugar

From the January 2013 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine
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