The US Sugar Association, whose membership includes Coke and Pepsi, have threatned to withdraw funding from the World Health Organization (WHO). Why? Because WHO wants to put out a report saying that sugars should make up no more than 10% of a person's diet. The US Sugar Association says that sugar can be 25% of a person's diet, and they also go on to claim that there is recent "scientific evidence" proving that sugar is not a cause of "obesity, diabetes, heart disease, hyperactivity and tooth decay." In other news, corporations lie and America continues to get fatter.

What products could constitute 10% of your daily sugar intake? The "Nutrition Facts" label on the 20 fluid ounce Mountain Dew bottle on my desk says that one server of Mountain Dew has 31 grams of carbohydrates, all of them come from sugars, and that 31 grams is 10% of what your average human on an average 2000 calorie a day diet needs. But 20 ounces of Mountain Dew equals 2.5 servings, equaling 77.5 grams of sugar, which is a bit over 10%. If somebody has two bottles a day, that's 155 grams of sugar alone, not taking sugars obtained from the rest of somebody's diet.

I have started a new diet, and this is my thrid day without having a soda. I'm perfectly happy with that right now.