Sugar math. If I eat 35 grams of sugar / day, how many pounds is that a year?

catscats222
catscats222 Posts: 1,598 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
the average american eats 150 lbs of sugar a year.
how many pounds would i be eating at 35 grams?
would like helpful answers only. no picking or being mean. i mean no harm.

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  • sixxpoint
    sixxpoint Posts: 3,529 Member
    Why is this relevant?
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    nawlinsnawlins wrote: »
    the average american eats 150 lbs of sugar a year.
    how many pounds would i be eating at 35 grams?
    would like helpful answers only. no picking or being mean. i mean no harm.

    math is hard. (365.25 * 35)/453.6
  • greenolivetree
    greenolivetree Posts: 1,282 Member
    35 grams x 365 days is 12775 grams per year. According to Google, 12775 grams is 28.1641 pounds.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    It is probably really useful to learn to solve these kinds of problems yourself.
  • aledba
    aledba Posts: 564 Member
    Acg67 wrote: »
    nawlinsnawlins wrote: »
    the average american eats 150 lbs of sugar a year.
    how many pounds would i be eating at 35 grams?
    would like helpful answers only. no picking or being mean. i mean no harm.

    math is hard. (365.25 * 35)/453.6
    Your math is very generous

  • MostlyWater
    MostlyWater Posts: 4,294 Member
    I gave up orange juice due to calories and sugar. Instead used coconut water or cashew milk. did not lose a darn pound !!!!!
  • PeachyCarol
    PeachyCarol Posts: 8,029 Member
    aledba wrote: »
    Acg67 wrote: »
    nawlinsnawlins wrote: »
    the average american eats 150 lbs of sugar a year.
    how many pounds would i be eating at 35 grams?
    would like helpful answers only. no picking or being mean. i mean no harm.

    math is hard. (365.25 * 35)/453.6
    Your math is very generous

    Generous? He didn't provide an answer. It's days of the year times grams of sugar divided by the number of grams in a pound.

  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    Orange juice 100 grams, 8 grams of sugar.
    Coconut water, 100 grams, 3 grams of sugar.
    Cashew milk, 0 grams sugar.

    To the OP; if you replace that sugar with another slice of bread, you come out the same. It's over-all diet that makes the difference. Hence, logging everything.
  • abatonfan
    abatonfan Posts: 1,120 Member
    edited September 2015
    35g x 365 days = 12,775g per year
    12,775g x 0.00220462lbs/g = 28.164 lbs of sugar consumed per year.

    But don't forget that it's not 28 pounds of fat gained (so many people on these forums believe that consuming sugar leads to fat gain). Theoretically, if we ate absolutely nothing (and had an average metabolic rate of 2000kcal/day), we would lose 208.57 pounds per year (clearly, I love math). :astonished:
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
    abatonfan wrote: »
    35g x 365 days = 12,775g per year
    12,775g x 0.00220462lbs/g = 28.164 lbs of sugar consumed per year.

    But don't forget that it's not 28 pounds of fat gained (so many people on these forums believe that consuming sugar leads to fat gain). Theoretically, if we ate absolutely nothing (and had an average metabolic rate of 2000kcal/day), we would lose 208.57 pounds per year (clearly, I love math). :astonished:

    I could lose 208.57 pounds if I simply stopped eating anything for a year? I'm in!
  • mccindy72
    mccindy72 Posts: 7,001 Member
    You'd lose whatever you weigh in less than a year if you stopped eating anything at all, because you'd be dead.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    nawlinsnawlins wrote: »
    the average american eats 150 lbs of sugar a year.
    how many pounds would i be eating at 35 grams?
    would like helpful answers only. no picking or being mean. i mean no harm.

    I don't follow. At all.
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