Thanks to another piece of long-form journalism by John Oliver the pervasiveness of sugar in our diets is back in the news. After researching it a bit one can see that Americans take in too much sugar. To get all “science-y” on you for a moment it is important to remember that glucose is the good kind of sugar and fructose is bad kind of sugar. Here are some common foods and how many grams of sugar come in one serving. It is easy to see that staying away from sugar is almost impossible in modern-day America.