As U.S. Calorie Consumption Skyrockets, Hunt Is On for Sugar Replacement

A new Credit Suisse study reveals that U.S. calorie consumption rose from 3,200 per day in 1981 to 3,900 per day in 2012, driven in part by rising sugar consumption. Among the alternatives now being explored to counteract this trend, one of the most promising is stevia--the extract of a plant that is 200 times sweeter than sugar but that has no calories or carbohydrates.

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