According to the USDA, women who eat 1800 calories a day can indulge in about 8 teaspoons, or 32 grams, of added sugar (about 7 percent of total daily calories).et he or she consumes 20 teaspoons of sugar a day. Make that 34 teaspoons for the average teenage boy! http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/m...
Ileum, the final and longest segment of the small intestine. It is specifically responsible for the absorption of vitamin B12 and the reabsorption of conjugated bile salts.
This structure connects the ileum to the ascending colon, moving waste along so that they can be excreted. The ileocecal valve allows waste products to be dumped from the ileum into the cecum, but prevents the passage of waste from the large intestine to the small intestine.