We Like It. We Love It. We Eat Too Much Of It. Sugar comes in many forms, many names, many forms…and yet Americans consume 150 pounds of sugar a year, according to Dr. Oz. That’s 20 times as much as the average person consumed in the year 1700.

sugar poison

About 50 percent of the sugar we eat today comes from high-fructose corn syrup found in fat-free foods like salad dressings and sodas.