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Dec 2022
41m 5s

Are There Any Healthy Sugars And Sweeten...

Dr. Mark Hyman
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This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox and InsideTracker. As hunter-gatherers, we ate the equivalent of only 20 teaspoons of sugar a year. Today, we eat over 150 pounds per year per person, or half a pound per day. The average school kid eats 34 teaspoons of sugar a day. Many supermarkets and health-food stores now carry many sneaky sources of sugar di ... Show More
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