20 Things You Didn't Know About... Sugar

We eat it, we love it, and it may have been a chemical precursor to life on Earth

By Rebecca Coffey
Oct 30, 2009 12:00 AMMay 17, 2019 3:12 PM
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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.

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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