Is Sugar the New Tobacco? Recipe

We have made a giant leap away from fat phobia and have firmly made sugar public enemy #1.

Or that’s how it seems.

Last week the FDA elevated the sugar issue by proposing to list “added sugars” on nutrition labels for the first time — while dropping the “calories from fat” declaration.

Now the World Health Organization has escalated sugar concerns even more today by proposing that daily sugar intake should be just 5 percent of your total calories — half of what the agency previously recommended.

After a review of about 9,000 studies, WHO’s expert panel says dropping sugar intake to 5 percent of calories (or about 6 teaspoons of sugar or 25 grams per day) will help combat obesity. That includes sugars added to…