Health-conscious Americans today count calories, fat, carbs, protein, and nearly every other nutritional category there is. In “Sweet Tooth Gone Bad: Why 22 Teaspoons of Sugar per Day Is Risky,” author Allison Aubrey explains why people should focus their concern on another nutrient: added sugar. Aubrey opens the article by presenting a new study done on added sugar, which claims that those who eat an excess of added sugar are twice as likely to die from heart disease than those who limited their sugar intakes. She unpacks this study by pointing out existing health regulations and proposing solutions to this potentially catastrophic problem. In this thought-provoking article, Aubrey successfully uses several appeals to ethos, relevant statistics…
Sugar Crush Analysis Sugar. It tastes so good, and is present in nearly everything we eat. Many people consume a lot more than what is recommended daily, most women consume fourteen tablespoons over the recommended daily values. Men about eleven tablespoons over. (Moyer 95, 98).…
The article “9 Shocking Facts You Need to Know About Sugar” by Larry Schwartz was published on alternet.org on 24 August, 2014. The author reveals shocking statistics about today’s sugar consumption in relation with the increase of certain diseases and explains why most people have a hard time controlling it. I have a weakness for sweets. Chocolate, candy bars, cakes with frosting, ice cream, and soda; I crave all the sweet stuff. Not only did the variety of new sweetish products grow, even the majority of processed foods contain incredible amounts of sugar, which makes us consume a lot more of it unconsciously.…
Sugary drinks are very dangerous for your body. Many other people drink lots of sugar in the U.S. Those people also want warning labels on their drinks. If companies put warning labels on drinks, people still will not care much about the dangers of sugary drinks. Since 1964, 8 million people's lives have been saved from warning labels.…
The amount of sugar consumed impacts our health and brings the risk of diseases. Sarah Richards, the author of “The Bitter Truth about Sugar and Its Effects on Our Health”, is more effective in persuading the audience to consider the factors of health. This is more effective because it should effect the audience enough to consider changing their diet. For the abundance of sugar that we as humans consume, health issues certainly find their way to impact us.…
Through weeks of research, we discovered that there are over fifty different names for sugar; including maltodextrin, high fructose corn syrup, muscovado, and sucrose. Another shocking fact that we learned from our research was that the healthy amount of sugar to consume per day is two tablespoons or thirty grams for women and three tablespoons or forty-five grams for men. However, we learned that the average American consumes over six tablespoons or eighty-two grams of sugar per day. During one meeting, Brenna and Candice pulled out their protein bars and found out that there was way more sugar in them than they realized. Kristian also checked his protein shake only to find that it had twice as much sugar as he thought.…
High-sugar diets can even cause diabetes, cancer, heart disease, obesity, high blood pressure, and stroke. Sugar can even cause teeth issues, along with depression problems. It is hard to avoid these sugars because they are in products like salsa, peanut butter, and soft drinks! In the 1940s, sugar was even believed to be as nutritious as an entire meal! They believed that candy was equivalent to eating steak and potatoes!…
Do you like to use plain sugar as an additive to foods and beverages? If you have some fresh herbs like lavender growing in your garden, then you can make lavender infused sugar. You will find there is a lot of uses for sugar that has been infused with a lavender flavor. Making lavender infused sugar is an easy process and you will use just one cup of sugar. You can use a store bought sugar or organic sugar for this project.…
Audience: My audience is pro or undecided about a government tax on sugary soda. They are between 18-50+ years of age, and belong to no particular gender, social class, or religion. They are generally politically conservative, republican, and are for government regulations. They value health and fitness and believe in government regulations.…
Kids nowadays are eating 200% more fake sugars. THis article is discussing the fact sugars are causing obesity. The number of people eating or drinking theses fake sugars has been huge since 1999. Many more children have been eating these sugars in their everyday diets. Studies show that people who eat more of these sugars on everyday bases gain more weight quicker and are at a higher risk and rate for obesity when they get older.…
In the Article "How Candy Conquered America" by Kristin Lewis & Lauren Tarshis humans should be aware and eat less sugar. Many consequence come when humans consume to much sugar. To begin with, people should consume less sugar because they can get serious and scary diseases. One of these diseases includes liver cancer which can lead to death. Sugar has an ingredient called fructose corn syrup which can build up in the liver and cause this disease.…
Unlike, the natural sugars that are found in fruits, refined sugars are chemically produced and added to foods such as breakfast cereals, luncheon meats and donuts. Research has shown that refined sugar has a devastating effect on the body. Too much sugar can lead to obesity, heart disease, cancer, and diabetes (Authority…
Obesity is one of the reasons why many people have not been able to lead a healthy life. The amount of sugar in a cup may seem little at the time, but in the future it becomes a problem and we start to regret it. People consume more than they wish to, due to the fact that they can get a bigger cup for a little more price. Sugary substances are not described as one of the most concerned reason for weigh gain, but it is taken into consideration. Over weight causes many health problems, such as diabetes, heart problems, high blood pressure, and many more.…
Serenity Garcia Garcia Grade 8 science Mr. Loewen 3 February 2017 Period 7 Sugar Candy Sugary foods can cause many things, like heart problems. For decades fat, not sugar has been blamed for this particular health problem. For centuries heart disease has been caused by sugary food.…
Sugar is addictive and I have experienced it myself. Even now when I control my sugar consumption I get carried away sometimes. It’s so addictive that even if you take a bite of it you will want another bite and your cravings would increase, your taste buds would ask for more and you end up eating the whole serving and in turn harm your internal health. Sugar is carbohydrate…