As you grew to adulthood, sugar and other sweeteners probably became a dietary staple. Americans today are now consuming 14 percent more sugar, high-fructose corn syrup, and other sweeteners than they did in 1965, with most of us eating more than 20 teaspoons a day. We’re eating more sugar than ever before in history, but our bodies have not evolved to handle the increase.
It used to take 15 to 20 years for steady consumption of sugar and other sweeteners to trigger conditions such as type 2 diabetes. That’s why we used to call type 2 diabetes “adult onset” diabetes: It only affected adults. Now we’re seeing type 2 diabetes in children as young as age 6.
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