"Sugar Free... No Sugar Added... Low Sugar - No Artificial Sweeteners... LOWER Sugar" These popular phrases can be found front and center on a lot of products in your supermarket these days. They have mostly replaced the "fat free" phrases that dominated the 90s and early 2000s. With the consumer shift in focus from fat conscience to sugar conscience, so has the marketing on many food labels. The attempt to wrongly persuade the public that "non-fat" is healthy has led to a largely over-fat society. Sugar consumption in the United States had skyrocketed starting in the 20th century, and the overweight/obesity epidemic has followed right along with it. The overweight/obesity epidemic isn't the only problem, excess sugar consumption can lead to many other negative health effects such as developing diabetes. With Halloween upon us this month and candy filling the shelves at the supermarket (and probably your cabinets at home), Kelly and Mike want to give a brief rundown of the facts about sugar. You can listen to this conversation about sugar on Episode 85 of the Next Gen Radio Podcast.