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Tuesday Checkup: Sugars in Food

The American Heart Association says Americans are eating too much sugar -- three to four times more than we should. It's out with new recommendations that men should not exceed nine teaspoons of added sugar a day, whereas women should have closer to six. On Tuesdays WCPN talks health with reporters from the Plain Dealer. Kaye Spector is writing about this issue and she spoke with ideastream®'s Eric Wellman.