According to the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Sciences:

1. An individual should have at least 10% of total calories eaten containing sugar.
2. Both adults and children should ingest 100 grams or less of carbohydrates each day.
3. Forty-five to sixty-five percent of kcalories should come from carbohydrate to minimize disease risk.
4. People with diets high in added sugar have higher intakes of essential nutrients.


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