Your filing status is determined on December 31 of each year, so even if you were not married for most of the tax year, you do not have the option of filing as single if you are married on that date.
That is A LOT of sugar â especially when you compare it to how much we used to consume in the past. To put things into perspective, during the early-1800s, the average intake of sugar was only about 4-6 pounds per person per yearâ¦ not 150, 170, or 295 pounds! With each passing decade, there has been a steady increase in sugar consumption among the United Statesâ population.
Cane sugar and high fructose corn syrup are indeed both harmful when consumed in pharmacologic doses of 140 pounds per person per year.When one 20 ounce HFCS sweetened soda, sports drink, or tea has 17 teaspoons of sugar (and the average teenager often consumes two drinks a day) we are conducting a largely uncontrolled experiment on the human species.Our hunter gatherer ancestors consumed the equivalent of 20 teaspoons per year, not per day.