As with any eating plan, it is important to pay attention to basic nutrition and choose the healthiest foods possible, so loading up on "fattening" food like ice cream, candy and fried food is not the best strategy.

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Another 8 million tons go into soda, baked goods, cereal, candy, ice cream, sports drinks and more. (These figures do not include 11.5 million tons of corn sweeteners.) If the price of sucrose remains at 35 cents to 40 cents a pound, sugar users in the U.S. will spend a billion dollars more this year than last.

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