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- The most recent place I saw it was in Good Calories, Bad Calories (Gary Taubes)(a book anyone interested in food/health/public health policy should read), but I know I've seen it elsewhere too. It is indeed for added sugars--a single soda has about 8 teaspoons, so 22 g is actually a very small amount. Here's one place at the USDA: http://www.usda.gov/factbook/chapter2.pdf (do a search on "added sugars").On Is Michelle Obama about to take on Big Food? posted 1 month, 1 week ago 40 Responses
- Nice article, but you're way way off on the "added sugars" stat at the end--for Americans it's now about 150-160 POUNDS per year, which makes it about 190 grams per day. 22 grams would be just a couple of teaspoons in coffee: 190 grams is a whole lot more.On Is Michelle Obama about to take on Big Food? posted 1 month, 1 week ago 40 Responses
lovely, but.....
Travelling by train is extremely pleasant, and in dense, high-population areas (like most of Europe), it's also highly efficient. However, according to everything I've read (none of which I can find at the moment, of course, to link), they simply don't make sense in a country this size, except in areas like the eastern seaboard, and possibly along the west coast. There simply aren't enough people who can take the time for multi-day cross-country trips, nor enough people who want to go by train for the short hops. Unromantic though they may be, buses simply have a great deal more freedom, and can therefore operate more efficiently.On Trains are the forgotten mode of transport, at least in the U.S. posted 2 years, 7 months ago 52 Responses