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		shawndrost on April 9, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Are grains making us fat? If so, we should be much... Source? That's over 6 ounces of sugar per day, or 611 kcal. Are you including general carbohydrates?

shpxnvz on April 9, 2011 [–]

FAO data shows US per capita consumption of sugar (raw equivalent) at 67 kg (approx. 148 lbs) as of 2007. I can't speak to the accuracy of the data, though, or how much of that consumption directly corresponds to diet.

http://faostat.fao.org/site/609/DesktopDefault.aspx

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