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We have made a giant leap away from fat phobia and have firmly made sugar public enemy #1.
Or that’s how it seems.
Last week the FDA elevated the sugar issue by proposing to list “added sugars” on nutrition labels for the first time — while dropping the “calories from fat” declaration.
Now the World Health Organization has escalated sugar concerns even more today by proposing that daily sugar intake should be just 5 percent of your total calories — half of what the agency previously recommended.
After a review of about 9,000 studies, WHO’s expert panel says dropping sugar intake to 5 percent of calories (or about 6 teaspoons of sugar or 25 grams per day) will help combat obesity. That includes sugars added to…
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