OMG! This is what happens when you eat 40 teaspoons of sugar a day!

Cape Town – News24 Live’s Jennifer Sanasie speaks to Australian actor, Damon Gameau, as he introduces us to his upcoming documentary, That Sugar Film.

In the movie, Damon sets out to find out the effects of a high sugar diet.

Without eating junk food, Gameau consumed 40 teaspoons of sugar per day, an amount of sugar, he says, the average Australian is eating daily.

Gameau only ate foods that are perceived as 'healthy,' like muesli bars and low fat yoghurts.

Watch him tell us about his findings in these 4 videos:

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That Sugar Film will be released in selected cinemas on 31 July.