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Friday, October 30, 2009
20 Things You Didn't Know About... Sugar
From Discover Magazine:
We eat it, we love it, and it may have been a chemical precursor to life on Earth.
1 The average American eats 61 pounds of refined sugar each year, including 25 pounds of candy. Halloween accounts for at least two pounds of that.
2 Trick: Sugar may give you wrinkles via a process called glycation, in which excess blood sugar binds to collagen in the skin, making it less elastic.
3 Or treat: Cutting back on sugar may help your skin retain its flexibility. So actually, no treats.
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