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Podcast produced and presented by Lee Millam "A chocolate hug".  That's how one person we talked to describes her 'addiction' to sugar and chocolate. Sugar is everywhere.  It is added to virtually all processed foods from pizza and curry sauces to soups, and fishcakes. The average person in the UK eats the equivalent of 15 teaspoons a day (that's probably an underestimate as few people are honest about their sugar intake)- but the recommended level is no more than 6 teaspoons per person per day.  We crave chocolate and other sweet things. And it has had a huge impact on our health and our health services.  Not only is it very bad for our teeth (Queen Elizabeth 1 had black teeth from eating too much sugar), but it is a major contributor to obesity and Type 2 diabetes. In this podcast Lee Millam talks to Professor Graham MacGregor of the Wolfson Institute who says we are not exactly 'addicted' to sugar, but rather, we are habituated to sugar.  We now expect it in our food. "You get used to a lot of sugar in