Jasmine Samuels - Fed Up

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Fed Up

The sugar industry Refined sugar has been considered an unobtainable luxury for centuries. Nowadays, we consume around 170 million tonnes a year. For many the sweetest thing about sugar is selling it. This sweet sugar program would typically cost the US consumer an estimated 3 or 4 billion dollars a year. On average, sugar accounts for one calorie out of every seven we consume.

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