http://tri4iron.wordpress.com/2008/07/11/stevia-a-sugar-alternative/ Swim, Bike, Run ... 4 Iron Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:53:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://tri4iron.wordpress.com/2008/07/11/stevia-a-sugar-alternative/#comment-2 Chemical Engineering » Blog Archive » Stevia a Sugar Alternative Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:53:30 +0000 http://tri4iron.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-2 [...] sharp4quit07 wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt In the United States the average American consumes 61 pounds of sugar a year, according to a report in U.S. News and World Report.  That’s over one pound per week.  One level teaspoon equals 15 calories, and there are 108 teaspoons in one pound of table sugar.  So, you are eating 1,620 calories per week of just sugar.  Doesn’t sound like much?  If you weight 175 pounds you burn approximately 110 calories per mile while running, which means you would have to run almost 15 miles to burn off that [...] [...] sharp4quit07 wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt In the United States the average American consumes 61 pounds of sugar a year, according to a report in U.S. News and World Report.  That’s over one pound per week.  One level teaspoon equals 15 calories, and there are 108 teaspoons in one pound of table sugar.  So, you are eating 1,620 calories per week of just sugar.  Doesn’t sound like much?  If you weight 175 pounds you burn approximately 110 calories per mile while running, which means you would have to run almost 15 miles to burn off that [...]

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