It's no secret that we live in a world fueled by sugar. In 2014, Stephanie Soechtig released Fed Up, a documentary focusing on the large amounts of sugar in processed foods and the rapid rise of obesity in the United States because of it. In the film, scientists from Princeton University experimented with the effects of sugar water versus cocaine on lab mice and the results were shocking. They concluded that the mice showed similar, addiction-like symptoms of both sugar water and cocaine withdrawal. Studies have shown that similar parts of the human brain are activated by sugar, just as cocaine is, and that sugar as a substance is up to eight times more addictive. Sugar is addictive and hard to stop. Below is a table of some popular drinks from across North America. I compared them to the American Heart Association Nutrition Committee's guidelines for recommended maximum daily allowances for sugar (37.5 g for men and 25.0 g for women). % Maximum recommended daily sugar intake (g) Men Women250 ml Redbull Energy Drink 27 72% 108%480 ml Monster Energy Drink 50 133% 200%250 ml Beatrice 1% Chocolate Milk 28 75% 112%250 ml Beatrice 2% White Milk 12 32%