By Jennifer Kornegay
Alabama Living
A lot of us enjoy treats like ice cream, cookies, doughnuts, candy and other sweets, but the refined sugars and high-fructose corn syrup that give these delights the taste we love have been shown by multiple studies to be addictive (some suggest as addictive as illegal drugs), meaning the more sugar we consume, the more we crave, creating a real sugar rush.
This seems to be collectively true: The amount of sugar the average American eats annually has been steadily rising for several decades. According to the American Heart Association, adults take in approximately 60 pounds of added sugar every year, three times more than most nutritionists recommend for women and almost twice the amount recommended for men.
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