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Standard American Diet (SAD) in Pie Chart {pun intended}

Grains provided nearly 1/4 of daily calories for the average American in 2009. <a href=

via twitpic.com

Staggering: the two categories of sweetners and added fats/oils equal more than HALF the calories that the average American consumes each day. And we *wonder* why there is an obesity epidemic???

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