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It seems that a spoon full of sugar can make the money go down as well as the medicine, and indeed many companies are now sneakily adding sugar to their products without us noticing in order to make them tastier. Common foods where this occurs is in soups and cereals, and even in wholemeal bread. Apparently the amount of sugar in such foods has doubled in many popular products and many experts warn that because sugar is becoming cheaper, this tactic will become even more common. Obviously this is bad news as excess sugar has been linked to everything from tooth decay to obesity. Let’s hope such new checks into sugar levels will alert the public and keep sugar contents of ordinary foods to a sensible level.

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