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Heart group: Cut back _ way back _ on extra sugar

August 25, 2009 By The Associated Press JAMIE STENGLE (Associated Press Writer)

DALLAS (AP) — A spoonful of sugar? Americans are swallowing 22 teaspoons of sugar each day, and it's time to cut way back, the American Heart Association says.

Most of that added sugar comes from soft drinks and candy — a whopping 355 calories and the equivalent of guzzling two cans of soda and eating a chocolate bar.

By comparison, most women should be getting no more than 6 teaspoons...

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