reporter: our sugar consumption crept up on all of us. the amount of sugar we eat tripled. today the average american consumes 22 teaspoons a day, triple what we need. 75 pounds of sugar a year for every man, woman and child in the united states. now an article sparked a magazinesal debate. is sugar toxic and should it be taxed and regulated like alcohol and tobacco.
==>
reporter: But our sugar consumption has crept up on all of us. In the last thirty years, the amount of sugar we eat has tripled. today the average american consumes 22 teaspoons of sugar a day, three times of what we need. That’s equal to 75 pounds of sugar a year for every man, woman and child in the united states. And now an article in the General Nature has sparked a national debate. Is sugar toxic and should it be taxed and regulated like alcohol and tobacco?
