America has gone nuts about sugar following this week's episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. The episode considers America's sugar consumption and the use of added sugar in its food products. Watch the video or read the summary below to get the gist of what was said.
Video Clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MepXBJjsNxs
Episode Summary
Sugar Consumption
John Olive first told us just how much sugar Americans consume.
This Halloween Americans will spend $2.2 billion on candy.
The average American consumes twenty-two teaspoons of sugar a day, which is three times the amount we need.
Humans are genetically ...
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