This page has been archived and commenting is disabled.
This Is America's Sugar Addiction - An Infographic
Want to solve the unresolvable issue of America's $100 trillion in unfunded welfare liabilities? Start with this: America's sugar addiction, because in 1822 America, the average person consumed 45 grams of refined sugar, or the amount found in one 12-ounce soda can, every 5 days; fast forward to 2012 and in the same period the average American now consumer a whopping 765 grams of sugar - the equivalent of 17 (non-diet) soda cans; also the equivalent of 130 pounds of refined sugar every year! More than anything, this country's fascination with the sugar high (as well as all other various forms of cheap fast food gratification) coupled with an increasingly sedentary "behind a computer" lifestyle is the leading contributor to obesity, chronic healthcare conditions, and numerous other known and unknown sources of emergency healthcare funds. As always: if one wants change, that change always has to start in the mirror.
Created by: www.OnlineNursingPrograms.com
Courtesy of Grant Williams
»
- 27476 reads
- Printer-friendly version
- Send to friend
- advertisements -
Nothing about fermented sugar? Nothing about consumption of the products of distillation of fermented sugar. For a site that often provides "unadjusted" details, this is disappointing. ZH must be slipping.
Food companies put sugar on everything including bread. You toast the bread and you can smell sugar burning. You can hardly find bread without sugar. I am not talking small amounts which is necessary for the baking of the bread.
They want their product to taste sweet. When you complain the answer is: "People like it."
So, in essense, you eat sugars and you don't know it.
Go to your local park. Or county fair. Even Disneyland..... nothing but beached whales and walruses walking around. Fat? That's an understatement. Friggin behemoths, more like.
Being 300 lbs is like carrying another adult on your back, ALL DAY AND NIGHT. I always look at a fat persons ankles, feet, and legs. There is the real story. Under-engineered to handle the load, plain and simple. Two legs weren't designed to carry two adults!
Total disgrace. The volume of food offered in places like Vegas is downright sinful. The excesses of this 'great nation' and being worn in the waistline - CONSUME, it's your American right. And when you haven't had enough, bitch about it to some waiter. Needy, demanding first class asses.
That's why obummercare is destined to brake the budget.
We: "We would just share the appetizer sampler."
Waiter: "And for your main meal?"
We are forced to lie: So instead of saying: "There are enough calories on the sampler for three construction workers." We say: "We already had dinner but needed a bit more."
The fat fucks will die out when the food is not delivered to the cities and they are too fat to fight. I think the slang is "sitting ducks" or some shit like that.
This illustrates the AVERAGE. Some Americans eat much less.
Extra dumpster for others.
The Japanese debt is much lower than USA.
your tongue can detect only 4 tastes:
everything else you are "tasting" is what you see, smell, or feel
Thus US food manufacturers target cheap tastes with salt and sugar.
Some say there are 5, including:
Three weeks ago I went on a nearly carb free diet, inspired by an Econtalk seminar by a nutritional journalist. First, it's hard to do because they put carbs in EVERYTHING. Second, without counting ANY calories and paying no attention to anything but the carbs, I dropped 16-20 lbs in three weeks. I really do think the carbs are killin' us.
Sugar as addictive as cocaine? Bob Saget would disagree.
I've been low-carb for the last 5 months. Went from 307lbs in March to 235lbs today. I'm making this a permanent lifestyle change. Once I reach my goal weight, I'll go up to 40-50 carbs/day, but only from vegetables. Referencing the link below, #9 addresses your concern (as carbs=sugar), and is also appropriate in the context of the article.
http://martin.ankerl.com/2012/01/15/low-carb-high-fat-big-video-roundup/
Basically, if it doesn't grow via a natural process, I don't eat it.
Good luck on your journey.
Your tongue, sure, but you also have detectors for protein and/or glutamate that are pretty damned close by, and wired in hard.
Theoretically all that fat should keep them alive longer during the big hunger.
Tyler should be happy... More raw materials for his soap making enteprise...
"The fat of the land"
Sugar yes. But take a look also at the worldwide wheat crop. Research shown in Dr. Davis' "Wheat Belly" is eye-opening. Ever wonder why those low carb diets aren't working as you're wolfing down veggies wrapped in whole wheat? Have a look
Thx ZH. I just called my wife 'sugar butt' & she slapped the living hell outta me.
Maybe, how about some "sweet & blow" next time?
I know, I know, I'm an incurable romantic ;-)
Here's the primer to previous post
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2011/09/your-addiction-to-whea...
While the changes made to grains may very well be bad for us, I don't think it's fair to compare wheat to sugar. According to a study referenced in the below video (first sixty seconds), when two groups of rats were fed equal amounts of starch (carbs) vs. fructose, only the fructose fed rats developed metabolic syndrome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leZzLs2_Ut8&feature=relmfu
Well, humans are ALSO getting plenty of fructose, on top of regular the glucose detonations from each ingestion of wheat products.
The sugar effects have been known for decades...
Sugar Blues...great book..
worse? Fake sugars...
HFCS..no relation to HFTs...horrible stuff.. Nutrasweet from Rumsfeld? Poison...
Poison... and our children like it!
"Two legs weren't designed to carry two adults!"
LOL, priceless!
It's even worse here in Mexico, now they sell 3 liter bottles of Coka Cola, and people drink it like water, obesity and diabetes are epidemic, even in children.
Thanks Warren@Berkshire.com
You're not kidding. In El Paso/Juarez area I see lots of no neck beach balls on legs.. Even the cops... There are also the thinner more hungry types too...
Come here to Detroit. I'll show you 300-400 pound monsters all day long...
Yes, if you look, many of them drive Rascals, have handicapped stickers and are on "disability". They willl have mulitple knee replacements, back surgery, diabetes treatments and heart disease eventually. Due to the collectivized society it is now YOUR problem and expense. As Obamacare morphs into nationalized medicine expect lots of rules, procedures, fines and penalties for everything you eat.
The other path is to NOT collectivize and let people suffer the consequences of their actions. Let others watch and learn.
ha, i used to admister an upper arm test. good indicator.
we've been coddeled. but people won't change their lifestyles on their own. SO i think there shoudl be rules helping people be healthier.
Nope 1004 you are spot on. As far as I am concerned they should limit the amount of medical care you can receive from the public purse if your BMI index is more than a certain percentage higher than the ideal. I can allow for some deviation from the ideal but what I see is enough to pray for extinction of the human race.
who the fuck cares? you've got free health care! right?
Sugar is inelastic, -0.04 or a 10% increase in price results in a 0.4% loss in sales. The demand for the drug is higher than alcohol and cigs which are around 0.25.
This means sugar is a potential huge revenue stream for politicians if they can get the public to support taxing sugar along with alcohol and tobacco.
So when you see the sugar propaganda on TV its all a con game to get the American public to buy into taxes on the product.
Additional sugar in bread ? WTF ? Never saw such a lack of taste either in France, Switzerland or Austria.
Are US fat asses too lazy to add the sugar themselves ?
Sadly were the fattest nation on Earth.
http://ericsprott.blogspot.ca/
I do not know who downticked you but certainly in terms of the number of obese people you are correct. Australia not far behind if not in front.
Fattest nation, fattest debt, fattest military. Great combination for the future.
Sorry, but the US is slipping behind....behind the behinds of Australia in terms of the world's fattest per capita, and behind the UK in terms of private debt per capita. Clearly, not enough Americans are packing the right amount of Cinnabuns on their Visa cards.
Come on Americans! Like all the commercials say, "Come on, you deserve it."
I like pancakes.... And waffles too.
I like 'em too, and the fresh apple pie that just started baking in the oven, and cookies, and ice cream with that pie, etc. and etc.
Note to Michelle O. write a friggin' Executive Order that forbids the welfare bums from using food stamps to purchase sugar, sugary soft drinks, an sugary foods, and have your PW'd husband sign it after he wipes the fried Twinkie crumbs off his face.
Off Topic Tuesday Afternoon Humor:
(Can't make this shit up):
08-14 17:44: FT writes: Greece seeks two-year austerity extension
Greece seeks two-year austerity extensionFinancial Times - 2 hours ago Greece is seeking a two-year extension of its latest austerity programme aimed at improving the country's debt sustainability and prospects for a ...
Lots of people like heroin as well. That's the precedent. Outlaw it and then make a fortune selling it to the addicts. Tobacco too. There's already the bureaucracy in place -- the fat, addicted DEA cops.
Wheat is just as bad for you as sugar and does the same thing to your insulin levels. Read "Wheat Belly" by William Davis, MD.
That's why they changed the language of the law to "Substance abuse." from "drug abuse." eventualy you wil be paying fines for over consumption of certain foods.
Sorry, had to trash you for such a, um, mis-guided concept. It is not rational to compare a FOOD which has nutritional value with a CONDOMINT which has none.
To nitpick, one sweetener, molasses, does have nutritional value. Ounce for ounce it has a greater concentration of potassium that any other food.
But he's right, wheat isn't particularly good for you. Its amino acid profile isn't optimal, but it was the easiest and cheapest grain to hybridize and grow.
Have you looked into this at all to understand what he's talking about?
Sugar can - in its raw form - offer some nutritive value, as does unrefined wheat. Like the sugar we eat, wheat is highly refined. All the good stuff is tossed, and is as deplete of nutrients when we get it as refined sugar. Often even what is billed as 'whole wheat' is highly refined and lacking nutrients as well. It is fair to compare wheat with sugar.
Gluten intollerance is growing. There's a reason for that. We're making very poor eating choices.
BTW, if you're going to capitalize a word to make a point, be sure to SPELL it properly.
I'm surprised that Breakfast Cereal doesn't make the breakdown chart.
When you start your kid's day off with Count Chocula, Froot Loops or Lucky Charms (et alii), god forbid that schools have to tranquilize the poor kidlets with State-prescribed sedatives and attention enhancers later the same morning.
Sorry, I couldn’t resist … from a previous post – I give you:
Wal-Mart Jabba-The-Huts
That is so sad. I've seen many blobs like that that have their legs blackened from lack of circulation. More than likely, soon to be stubs.
Long AMLN & NVO. They'll never stop eating it.
Both of which are glucose bombs. It's the amylopectin A in the wheat.
Sweet </sarc> Bitchez!!
We gotta tax it!!
tax and regulate.
government for the people.
Register Your Business, Your Car, Your Gun, Your Child, Your Life, and Your ... Garden?
that is sad. With all the trapwire stuff they already have up they can probaly find your garden without you having to register it though.
Hey now! Don't be dragging bacon into this.
Bacon is good...and pure...and, and good.
Yes, bacon is pure good.
Chocolate coated bacon is even better.
Either you like bacon or you're wrong.
Praise the Lard!
I have four fresh sides(bellies) homecuring now with no sodium nitrate or corn syrup just plain old fashioned kosher salt, coarse ground black pepper and pure maple syrup. After about two more days of curing they will be cold smoked with hickory and apple wood. Now Son that is bacon the way it is supposed to be made by yourself and yourself only. Nice dry and firm without the corporate sliminess. Slice as thick as you want and watch your gums go to bumping into each other trying to get at it first.
I better shut up. This is probably against the law now too in Facist America. If you can get in trouble collecting rainwater or selling lemonade this is probably a felony by now.
Two questions. Where are you, and when do we eat?
/drool
Yum! Exactly what I get from the farmer & just like grandma's.
just bring home the Bacon !
Dove season is coming up... How does this relate to bacon you ask?
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.burgersandboomsticks.com/...
Bacon is so good when you fry it, it sounds like applause. ----Jim Gaffigan.
good w/o nitrites. That crap will last a month in the fridge. Fresh bacon w/o nitrites/nitrates will last a week b4 it spoils.
http://www.bbqaddicts.com/blog/recipes/bacon-explosion/
That's all I have to say about that.
And what makes bacon better? A pinch of sugar sprinkled on top as it's frying.
so if you have Diabeetis .. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXQaMaBxwRg
So long as the treatment of symptoms is subsidized, there will never be an interest in prevention.
You can easily avoid diabetes:
http://diabetesrisk.net/
corporations:generate increasing profits by replacing real sustainable food with poison----->Govt: "thank you for controlling our population"------>Fed(banks) "thank you for soaring social costs so we can print infinite supply of money"
sugar(high fructose corn syrup) works for everyone except the PEOPLE
You might have those out of order. Probably close enough though.
It's a circle.
Infinite loop
Does this include natural sugars seen in Fruit? or is it artificial sugars only?
I thought that Natural sugars weren't bad but have I been fooled by Ads?
over time you develop a resistance to glucose
http://www.discovergoodnutrition.com/2011/02/the-truth-about-sugars-in-f...
I think the thrust of the article is refined sugar combined with a sedentary lifestyle.
There's nothing wrong with sugar in its natural form and as with all things, its not advisable to sit down and eat a bowl of it everyday.
Side story...I had an old black man embarrass the hell out of me years ago. I know him (cool old guy, a mason) and was passing his house one day and he waved me over. He had at least 20 stalks of sugar cane he was peeling and chewing on and he invited me to try some.
This is the embarrassing part, having been born in the city I didn't carry a pocket knife even though now I lived in the sticks...he laughed like hell at me..."Boy, you ain't got no knife?"...sheepishly grinning, I said no.
He let me borrow his and he showed me how to do it and we sat there for about an hour talking shit and chewing cane.
The next year when cane came in, there he was again. I pulled in and walked up and asked him how is it this year? He said great, have some! I whipped out my barely used pocket knife looked at him and griined.
"Fine lookin knife boy, but get a Case knife next time."
Sometimes ya just can't win with the old guys...lol...but the cane was good ;-)
Nice story. If you happen to need a new knife, check out spyderco.
Thanks...lookin at em now, the Byrd line looks pretty cool.
This is exactly the kind of silliness that will get sugar banned.
sugar will NEVER be banned, too much money to be made, too many sheeple to control
Sugar and circuses.
.
Cool. I'll cook it down into smokable rocks and make a fortune.
Got that right...when has banning anything ever stopped people from what they want?
All it does is drive up the price...the "carrying charges" as it were.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM
Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology, explores the damage caused by sugary foods. He argues that fructose (too much) and fiber (not enough) appear to be cornerstones of the obesity epidemic through their effects on insulin. Series: UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public [7/2009] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 16717]
Oh, now you've done it. I want bacon!
Sugar encrusted bacon ;-)
You can't get away from sugar. It was in the McDouble Cheeseburger I had for lunch.
Sugar...the new tobacco. Once the sugar-Nazis get up to speed with their revolt the sheep will be herded back to the smokes and booze where they belong
Todays biggest killer = INACTIVITY!
no. IPHONES.. killer of brains.
In the US, abortion is the leading cause of human death. Some may not agree, but facts are facts. Each abortion kills a genetically unique human. How many Einsteins have we already killed?
Fact? Come on, give us some evidence. About half of pregnancies are spontaneously aborted: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002458/
Which means...God is the biggest aborter of all.
How many potential millions have you killed choking ur chicken?
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-april-11-2012/bro-choice
Every sperm is sacred!
How many children have you adopted, GeezerGeek?
How many Hitlers have we aborted?
sugar is really unneccessary for your body, so its pointless to ingest a little bit like eating tar, but then again sugar tastes so damn nice, however i would suggest people seriously reevaluate their lives if they take any great pleasure from food, or see food as a pleasure item, it is meant primarily to survive take pleasure from your friends and surroundings not from your dinner.
What if I take pleasure from fleecing muppets?
fleecing muppets benefits your financial health and is not detrimental to it, so i suggest you continue.
Who are you to "suggest" what adults should or shouldn't do with their own bodies? For that matter, what business is it of whoever wrote this article, or that asshole Bloomberg? Allow *me* to make a _suggestion_, Bud: try using a period or two every now & then in a comment. Breaks the thoughts up nicely. Leads to many fewer one-sentence paragraphs.
What's that you say? Mind my own fucking business?
lol...he's had a triple latte nuclear mocha spiked with amphetamines and is just now coming down from his daily work out staring at himself in the mirror at the gym.
Its kinda like the old days of disco ;-)
im just stating a fact fatty, im not saying it should be legislated against, sugar is just not good for you, you should watch your intake.
food is not about enjoyment its about survival.
Sugar bad, fluoride in my drinking water good..............
I agree, do what you want with your body.
On the other hand, don't expect the rest of us to put you on disability just because you are to fat to move.
No more entitlements for fatties please.
If you don't get glucose, you die, if you like having a functioning brain and muscles, get plenty of glucose. And who the fuck are you to say what are acceptable and unacceptable pleasures?
Glucose isn't the problem. It's fructose that's slowly killing everyone. Your body can manufacture glucose without eating sucrose/HFCS.
This is very strictly FALSE, if you mean glucose from diet.
On a fat and protein only diet, the liver does a fine job of producing glucose enough for the central nervous system.
Actually, when you are in a fasting state, this production of glucose is occuring, else you are dead meat right quick.
Two articles I read last year:
Is Sugar Toxic?http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/magazine/mag-17Sugar-t.html?_r=1&pagew...
found on The Consumerist http://consumerist.com/2011/04/is-sugar-killing-us.html where one can also read about shrinking packaging (i.e. inflation) (www.consumerist.com) (search: shrink ray http://consumerist.com/?IncludeBlogs=1&limit=20&s=shrink+ray )
and for informational purposes
Why Sugar Makes Us Sleepy (And Protein Wakes Us Up)http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/12/why-sugar-makes-us-sleepy-and-...
I think you'll enjoy this lecture by Dr. Richard Johnson. It's in three parts and is about thirty minutes total. It's definitely worth your time (particularly part two).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOJ3SiRj4AQ&feature=g-vrec
I'm glad to see this post on ZH, but judging by the above comments, most are still clueless and/or apathetic about the dangers of sugar. We have a nationwide epidemic of diabetes, hypertension, and obesity, and the evidence points to fructose as the cause.
Never had a big sweet tooth, but my boose tooth keeps getting bigger and bigger. Should i call a dentist?
No dammit....! Removal of that tooth means you will eat more sugar !
Maybe I should start snorting sugar. Is sugar cheaper than cocaine?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yljHdgeR-kI
I just read somewhere recently that "Medtronics" licensed the ®™ Dr. Pepper, for their new insulin pumps. /sarc
Stay away from Soda, Ice Cream and Donuts youll be skinny in no time.
Oh, so after declaring carbon dioxide a pollutant,
next up is doing the same on sugar?
Next up: Salt.
And after that: Bacon.
That will mean war.
Salt is a bit different. You need it to perspire. If you are active in the hot weather, you need lots of salt. 20 years ago I ran out of salt on a 115 degree day in the desert. It was one of the more painful experiences of my life...
Salt is not different, you need sugar, as in sugar alcohols. If you're perspiring, you're probably using your muscles, which is depleting your glucose, and repairing your muscles also requires carbohydrates for protein transport, which one is the best? Glucose.
I was persiring due to activity and 115 degree heat. At the point I ran out of salt, perspiring stopped and body temperature rose dangerously. Under those conditions, with no salt, I only had a few hours left to live. Every muscle in my body was cramped and I couldn't hear due to tinnitus.The saltines the medic brought were instantaneous relief, although heat stroke after effects lasted for a few days. I assure you, glucose or hydration were never the issue...
Around the farm here I do quite a bit of work whether its hot or not. When I sweat hard in the heat, some water, and some of these:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006GBED0/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF...
keep me going.
I had a similar experience about 10 years ago, and it it life threatening.
BS, our bodies don't need sugar (sucrose/corn syrup). We manufacture glucose from carbs.
"Manufacture" is too strong a word there. The carbs contain the glucose, generally. Sucrose (a "carb" by the way) is a simple case of this. It is basically a fructose molecule bound to a glucose molecule. These are separated into free glucose and free fructose in the gut.
On the other hand the liver does manufacture glucose from proteins and fats, when needed, which is pretty often in healthy persons.
First they came after the sugar-eaters, but I didn't eat sugar so I did nothing...
First they came after the sugar eaters. I didn't necessarily give a fuck because I was too broke to buy snacks of sugary deliciousness. I was also too broke to pay my utilities, rent, car payments, or pay for bus fare to get to my job. Of course even then I failed to meet the lax standards required to get government assistance, mostly because I was an American citizen with an employment history. It may have appeared that my suicidal heroics were on behalf of sugar eaters everywhere, but the honest truth is, I had just fucking had enough............
who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man
But can you freebase it?
I like how the word, "Cocaine", seems to be written using the same font found on a can of Coca-Cola. Nice...
Coca Cola – cocaine
Thanks for the link. I have seen that article, and it is interesting how that particular drink came to be. I personally never cared for the taste of Coca-Cola. Too many kids swill the stuff and other sugary drinks (imo).
At this point, giving a kid a coke with high fructose corn syrup is like giving them whiskey. Just keep them away from it. Tell them if they drink it that they'll be fat and no one will want to be their friend later in life.
Seriously, you might as well smoke cigarettes than drink cokes.
Has it been seasonally adjusted ?
"Sugar has no nutritional value". Depends what you mean by nutritional. Last I heard, calories were a part of nutrition. And I've never heard of anybody who eats nothing else but sugar.
"In 1822, the average American consumed 45 grams of sugar, the amount found in one of today's 12 ounce sodas every 5 days." In 1822, the average American also died at around the age of 40.
Health-nazi agitprop.
Depends on what you call sugar too. Sugar alcohols are absolutely essential, and if you exert yourself at all, your body needs extra.
"In 1822, the average American consumed 45 grams of sugar, the amount found in one of today's 12 ounce sodas every 5 days."
In the 1800s diabetes was roughly two cases per one hundred thousand. Today eleven percent of adults are diabetics and one in three children born are projected to develope the disease. Carry on with your health-nazi meme if you like.
In the 1800's there were a lot of things that would kill you before you even had the chance to get diabetes. One of those things was starvation. Another was malnutrition.
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants. It is the creed of slaves." - William Pitt the Younger, PM of Great Britain.
So which are you? Tyrant or slave?
BTW, can I call you by your first name?
Where do you find stuff like this?
When I was a kid my parents treated "sweets" like special occasion items. Going to Mc Donalds was reserved for the occasional W/E outing after a sporting event or a hard days work in the yard.
Even back then, everyone knew moderation was a positive lifestyle!
I LOVE Bacon!
When I was a kid, my mom would let us have McDonald's only if we walked. McDonald's was 5 miles away. Probably a pretty healthy lunch, including the 10 miles of exercise.
Right sugar is far more harmful to public health than any drug, yet the government declared war on drugs and subsidizes sugar.
Check out the subsidies. ur tax dollars at work.
http://www.racematters.org/americassugardaddies.htm
Perverse how Mayor Michael wants to penalize soft drinks but says naught about HFCS.
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7417238n&tag=contentBody;storyMed...
Gotta keep the $$ flowing to pharma. No profits in health or death, just the massive disease in between.
Olympics 2012. The Illuminate in YOUR Face
And I saw jesus in my tea leaves too!
Guess what I just found out. I took a look bottle of apple juice and there's 42 grams of sugar per 12 ounces. So maybe we should ban fruit juices too.
Nobody is talking about banning anything.
Drink all the juice you want.
Hell the faster everyone gets obese, the quicker the yanks can start issuing a trillion dollar in special fat care bonds - EVERY YEAR.
Nobody is talking about banning anything? Sure they are. Haven't you heard about the fatwa issued by the FDA or one of those agencies against that super-deadly substance raw milk? I just heard that the FDA has ordered 500 million rounds of lead-free buckshot; probably to go after those who sell raw milk.