Added sugar in the morning, sugar in the evening is contributing to metabolic illness, Heart Association says

Somewhere across the decades, manufacturers began to add more and more sugar and corn syrup to our soft drinks, cereals, salad dressings and processed food products. Now the American Heart Association is saying enoughy is enough, according to U.S. News and World Report. The AHA claims too many people are on sugar binges, which is helping to increase metabolic changes in the American population, contributing to obesity and diabetes. The organization is recommending an upper limit on daily consumption of sugar, saying women should consume no more than 100 calories per day of added sugars, and men should not top 150 calories per day. To illustrate what that means, let's look at the sugar content of one 12-ounce can of soda. It has 8 teaspoons or 33 grams of added sugar, which equals about 130 calories, the AHA says. So after your first soda of the day, you are already over the limit. OUCH, I am glad I switched to diet soda 30 years ago. But some of those low fat salad dressing have as much as 58 grams of added sugar and a half-cup of ketchup has 20 grams, while the barbecue sauce we're spreading on our chicken and ribs adds another 8 grams of sugar. And that granola bar is supposed to be good for you, but it also has up to 11 grams of sugar. The AHA is challenging Americans to start counting and to make modifications in their diets or risk the metabolic diseases that can lead to serious illness and, in some cases, early deaths.