Oh, the sweet alternatives.

Sugar Consumption throughout the Years

• In 1816, the average sugar consumption per person was 15 pounds per year. 
• In 1955, the average sugar consumption was 120 pounds per year. 
• In 2010, the average sugar consumption was 156 pounds per person per year.
• Americans consume an average of 22 teaspoons of sugar a day!  Wow!  
• Sugar can increase our blood sugar, cholesterol, and decrease your immune system.
• Shakes and sugar content:

	Orange Julius, Original 20 oz drink Sugars, total: 38g Calories, total: 160 Calories from sugar: 152
	Orange Julius, Raspberry Flavor 20 oz drink Sugars, total: 54g Calories, total: 220 Calories from sugar: 216
	Starbucks Mocha Frappuccino 16 oz (Grande) drink, with whipped cream Sugars, total: 47g Calories, total: 380 Calories from sugar: 188
	Jamba Juice Sunrise Banana Berry 16 oz drink Sugars, total: 59g Calories, total: 280 Calories from sugar: 236
	7-Eleven Slurpee, Fanta Cherry 28 oz cup Sugars, total: 63g* Calories, total: 231 Calories from sugar: 231 7-Eleven Slurpee, Coca-Cola 40 oz cup Sugars, total: 90g* Calories, total: 325 Calories from sugar: 325
	Dairy Queen Butterfinger Blizzard 16 oz medium Sugars, total: 86g Calories, total: 740 Calories from sugar: 344
	McDonald's Chocolate Shake 21 oz (medium) shake Sugars, total: 111g Calories, total: 770 Calories from sugar: 444
	McDonald's Oreo McFlurry 12 oz cup Sugars, total: 73g Calories, total: 550 Calories from sugar: 292

What can I use instead of Sugar?

Replace refine sugar with:

Raw sugar

Agave nectar 

Stevia (can only be sold legally in the US as a "dietary supplement) 

Evaporated cane juice

Sucanat

Brown rice syrup

Barley malt syrup

Rapadura sugar

Turbinado sugar

Beet sugar

Date sugar

Maple syrup

Molasses