Here are 10 interesting facts about the sweet and seemingly ubiquitous substance:
- Sugar’s name originated from the Sanskrit word “Sharkara,” which means “material in a granule form.”
- Sugar is the only taste humans are born craving.
- Canadians consume about 26 teaspoons of sugar per day.
- The average American consumes 175 pounds of sugar per year. That is 300,000 calories per year, 800 calories per day.
- Lemons contain more sugar than Strawberries.
- Candy Bar has the same amount of sugar as 10 apples.
- Some people believe that dry swallowing 1 teaspoon of sugar can cure the hiccups.
- Sugar is 100% natural with no fat.
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