Here's what the maximum amount of sugar you should be eating in a day looks like

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Sugar: Love it, hate it, but you certainly can't ignore it.

The FDA proposed that nutrition labels on foods be required to list the amount of added sugar as a percentage of the recommended maximum daily intake, or about 50 grams of sugar.

Since "50 grams" isn't exactly easy to picture, we decided to show you what that looks like (based on data from the nutrition website Caloriecount.com):

Tanya Lewis contributed to an earlier version of this story.