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The home for VPR's coverage of health and health industry issues affecting the state of Vermont.

Sugar Free: Life Without The Sweet Stuff

Patti Daniels
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VPR
Last week the staff at VPR celebrated "Cake Week." This cake likely had well more than the daily recommended dose of sugar.

The average American consumes about 22 teaspoons of sugar a day. That’s more than three times what’s recommended by the American Heart Association.

Much of that extra sugar comes from foods we don’t think of as sweet: it’s added to things like tomato sauce and bacon and low-fat salad dressings.

We’ll talk to Eve Schaub, a Vermonter, and the author of Year of No Sugar. She and her family spent a year trying to consume no added sugar. We’ll also talk to Rachel Johnson, a nutrition professor at the University of Vermont.

We’ll also learn about the Mississquoi National Wildlife Refuge. The Mississquoi Delta, Bay and Wetlands have just been named a “Wetland of International Importance.”

And we'll hear about an art gallery in Rutland that's open up its walls to students.

Broadcast live on Monday, April 14th at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

Jane Lindholm is the host, executive producer and creator of But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids. In addition to her work on our international kids show, she produces special projects for Vermont Public. Until March 2021, she was host and editor of the award-winning Vermont Public program Vermont Edition.
Sage Van Wing was a Vermont Edition producer.
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