US: 'You don't know what you're taking, sugar is poison' - Trump govt warns Americans

John Owen Nwachukwu - DailyPost Nigeria - 08:14
The US government has told its citizens that sugar is another form of poison. Health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr said this on Tuesday, calling sugar

The US government has told its citizens that sugar is another form of poison.

Health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr said this on Tuesday, calling sugar “poison”, recommending that Americans eat “zero” added sugar in their food.

He, however, acknowledged that the government may not be able to eliminate sugar from products.

Kennedy said it was better that product are well labelled for people to know what they consume.

He also said that new federal government guidelines on nutrition would recommend people avoid sugar completely.

Kennedy said at a press conference on Tuesday, “Sugar is poison and Americans need to ...
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