The Evolution of Sugar ConsumptionHeather Callaghan It used to be that researchers believed the human body could evolve and adapt to greater amounts of refined sugar consumption. How quickly a couple pounds per year per person has increased to nearly 200 pounds per year. Big Sugar uses tens of millions in lobbying which led to us footing the bill for $280 million to prop up Florida sugar crops last year. Later, we pay for it in healthcare costs; 30-40 percentof those costs are estimated to be from high sugar consumption. Some of those big companies Erica Etelson mentions in the video? They are invested in by none other than the Bill andMelinda Gates Foundationsomething to ponder. Visit the Sugarcrash on Facebook to learn more. And for everything you ever wanted to know about sugar, you might enjoy the book Sugar Blues by William Duffy. Heather Callaghan is a natural health blogger and food freedom activist. You can see her work atNaturalBlaze.com and selfnewsPost.com. Like at Facebook. Recent posts byHeather Callaghan: 