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Most Americans are eating and drinking far more sugar than is good for us. It’s easy to do. 

Sugar is added to everything from breakfast cereals and flavored coffee creamers to salad dressings and pasta sauces. 

And all of that sugar can add up.  Americans consume an average of 17 teaspoons of sugar a day with some estimates 

 That's about three times the daily limit 

recommended by the American Heart Association.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently said, 

 and recommends that Americans consume “zero” added sugar.  

So how much is too much? MPR News host Angela Davis talks with a doctor and a dietitian about what sugar does to our bodies and ways to cut back to improve our health.  

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Many Americans consume far more sugar than we should, and it’s making us sick. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with a doctor and a dietitian about how sugar sneaks into our diets, why too much of it causes harm and how to cut back. 

MPR News with Angela Davis - Many Americans consume far more sugar than we should, and it’s making us sick. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with a doctor and a dietitian about how sugar sneaks into our diets, why too much of it causes harm and how to cut back. 

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