We now eat heaps of sugar, over twenty-two teaspoons a day on average—well over a hundred pounds a year! That’s over twenty-five times more than the average in 1700, ten times more than in 1800, and twice what it was in 1900. Just since 1977, when the government launched its crusade against food fat, Americans have swelled their intake of sugar by 30 percent. We’ve also swelled our ankles, necks, and bellies. For comparison, you can only keep about one teaspoon of sugar in your bloodstream. It’s toxic at much higher levels.
