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WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.
>> THANK YOU, BROOKE.
>>> AND NOW THIS.
ONE MORE HEALTH STUDY I NEED TO
TELL YOU ABOUT THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS ONE RELATED TO ALMOST
EVERYONE'S FAVORITE
INGREDIENT -- SUGAR.
IT TURNS OUT ADDED SUGAR RAISES
THE RISK OF DEADLY HEART
PROBLEMS.
HERE'S THE BOTTOM LINE.
THERE'S A LOT MORE SUGAR IN THE
FOODS WE LIKE TO EAT AND DRINK
THAN MOST OF US ACTUALLY
REALIZE.
PROCESS FOODS, BREAD, LOTS OF
SUGAR YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT.
THEN THERE'S THE SUGAR WE ADD
DIRECTLY TO OUR CEREAL AND
COFFEE IN THE MORNING.
THEN THERE ARE THE TREATS THAT
WE GIVE OURSELVES.
SOFT DRINKS, CANDY, ETC.
YOU ARE EATING MORE SUGAR.
AND I SHOULD PUT MYSELF IN
THIS -- WE ARE EATING MORE SUGAR
THAN WE REALIZE.
AT THE END, THE RESULT CAN BE
QUITE SERIOUS.
THE CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT
HERE TO TALK SUGAR.
>> MAKING ME HUNGRY.
>> I KNOW.
I'M THINKING OF WHAT I MIGHT
HAVE HAD WATCHING A MOVIE LAST
NIGHT.
LISTEN, WE'RE ALL GUILTY OF
EATING SOME OF THIS, MAYBE MORE
THAN OTHERS.
BUT KILLING US?
>> WELL, LOOK, WHAT'S
INTERESTING IS YOU THINK OF
SUGAR THAT CAN ADD A FEW POUNDS
TO THE SCALE.
A FEW INCHES AROUND THE
WAISTLINE.
BUT WE KNOW MORE THAN EVER WHAT
SUGAR ACTUALLY DOES IN THE BODY.
IT OBVIOUSLY HAS A LOT OF
CALORIES IN IT.
>> WHAT'S IT DOING?
>> WE WEREN'T DESIGNED TO BE
ABLE TO EAT AS MUCH SUGAR AS WE
EAT AS HUMAN BEINGS.
NOW YOU GET ALL THIS SUGAR AND
THE LIVER HAS TO TRY AND DO
SOMETHING WITH THE SUGAR.
WHAT WE KNOW IS IT MAKES THESE
CHOLESTEROL PARTICLES THAT ARE
HARMFUL, PARTICULARLY CONCERNING
HEART DISEASE.
SOMEONE WHO'S GETTING ABOUT 17%,
18% OF THEIR TOTAL CALORIES JUST
FROM ADD SUGAR --
>> WHAT IS ADDED SUGAR?
>> ALL THE STUFF YOU JUST
MENTIONED.
IN THE SOFT DRINKS, IN THE
BREAD, IN THE PASTRIES.
NOT IN FRUIT.
>> THE GOOD STUFF.
>> THAT HAS THE FIBER AND
EVERYTHING ELSE.
THIS IS ADDED SUGAR INTO A
PRODUCT THAT DIDN'T HAVE IT.
SO ONCE YOU START ADDING THAT
NUMBER OF CALORIES, ABOUT 20% OF
THE CALORIES THAT YOU TAKE IN IN
A DAY, IF THEY'RE COMING FROM
ADDED SUGAR, THAT'S BEGINNING TO
SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE.
THAT'S WHAT THIS PARTICULAR
PAPER FOUND.
WE'VE KNOWN THAT THERE'S
PROBLEMS WITH THIS FOR SOME
TIME, BUT THEY'RE STARTING TO
PUT NUMBERS ON WHAT COULD BE
PROBLEMATIC.
>> TELL ME HOW MUCH SUGAR I CAN
TAKE.
>> THERE'S NO SORT OF ACROSS THE
BOARD GUIDELINE ON THIS.
THIS IS WHAT A LOT OF SCIENTISTS
ARE CLAMORING FOR AS WELL.
YOU KNOW ABOUT CHOLESTEROL, WE
KNOW ABOUT TRANSFATS, WE KNOW
ABOUT THESE THINGS.
THERE'S NOT AN AGREEMENT ON
EXACTLY HOW MUCH SUGAR IS TOO
MUCH OR WHAT'S NOT ENOUGH.
THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF SCIENTISTS
ARE SAYING.
>> HOW MUCH SUGAR ARE YOU
EATING?
>> FOR A MAN, ABOUT 150 CALORIES
A DAY FROM SUGAR, AND FAR WOMAN,
ABOUT 100 CALORIES A DAY.
IF YOU'RE EATING 2,000 CALORIES,
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 5% OR SO OF
YOUR CALORIES.
>> THAT'S NOTHING.
>> THE AVERAGE PERSON IS
PROBABLY TAKING IN CLOSER TO
FOUR TIMES THAT MUCH.
WE'VE KNOWN FOR SOME TIME THAT
IT'S BAD.
THE IDEA THAT SUGAR BY ITSELF,
SEPARATE FROM ANYTHING ELSE, CAN
INCREASE YOUR RISK OF HEART