Sugar

Sugar is defined as a sweet crystalline substance which can be obtained from various plants, such as sugar cane and sugar beet, consist essentially of sucrose, and is used as a sweetener in food and drinks. There are three main types of sugar which are lactose, sucrose, and fructose. Fructose is found naturally in fruits and honey, lactose can be found in milk, and sucrose can be obtained from sugar cane. According to SKIL 70% of sugar production comes from sugar cane which is found mainly in tropical regions, and 30% of production comes from sugar beets which is grown in cooler regions mainly brazil. The most common sugar that we eat is referred to as “sucrose” which is broken down into fructose and glucose in the body. Sugar however is rarely…

Sugar is produced from two main sources: first sugarcane and sugar beets. “Sugarcane accounting for about 75% of global production and sugar beets supplying nearly all of the remaining production. (Sugar Production and Usage, N.D). Sugar was important to Britain’s development as a trading nation. Sugar was an exorbitantly successful commodity. Although it has some disadvantages such as diabetes which comes from excessive of sugar. It might cost the country a huge number of ill people and…

Is Sugar That Bad For Us? What damage is being done by over consumption of sugar? Is sugar addictive? Is over consumption of sugar a fairly recent issue? With the United States being the biggest producers of sugar in the world sugar is becoming more of a prevalent topic and controversial conversation (USDA). A person could search anything about sugar on Google and get hundreds of thousands of results varying from blog posts about sugar to scientific research papers. There is a plethora of…

Sugar is a story full of money, work, and lost lives. The story begins in 326 B.C. with Nearchus, a captain in the army of Alexander the Great, that stumbles upon the "sweet reed". Sugar cane originated in New Guinea in 9000-8000 B.C., but Nearchus is recognized as the first person to discover sugar cane. From New Guinea, sugar spread to North India (1000-500 B.C.), China (200 A.D.), Persia- Judi Shapur (500 A.D.), Egypt (700 A.D.), and Hawaii (1100 A.D). In the 600s, people did not know what…

Added sugar is a large part of the American diet and is becoming more and more of a problem. Almost everything that you can buy has some kind of added sugar in it and most of the time people are not even able to recognized it. According to a 2014 article written by Julie Corliss for the Harvard Medical School, eating too much added sugar increases peoples risk of heart disease tremendously. People need to gain an understanding of what all of this added sugar can do to there health not only…

Success of the Sugar Trade Think of the last time you had sugar. Was it yesterday, earlier today, or even just a few minutes ago. Sugar is such an immense part of our everyday lives and it's hard to think about not having it around. Cane sugar is a member of the grass family and was the kind of sugar produced in the Sugar Trade. The British sugar industry began in 1655 in Jamaica and spread from there. Cane sugar grows best in humid, hot, and tropical areas so places like the Caribbean were…

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). Melina Wenner Moyer writes on the dangers of consuming these amounts of sugar. Throughout her article for Family Circle, Moyer proves herself creditable writer by using many reliable sources, adding in balance and…

Sugar in any form is the most craved for food in the modern world. It seems totally impossible to live without it and it is the most delicious form of food as well. You can never be done with a bite of chocolate doughnuts or Christmas cookies or strawberry shortcake or chocolate fudge brownie. But did you know that by giving in to your sugar cravings you are ruining your health? Sugar is addictive and I have experienced it myself. Even now when I control my sugar consumption I get carried away…

Although Sugar is linked to obesity and heart disease natural forms of sugar are good for you. Sugar is usually viewed as some sinful devilish characters that sit on our shoulder tempting us. We love to find a "food villain" for which we can blame all our problems: disease, obesity, and other issues. A few decades ago; that villain was fat. We continue to blame different parts of our diet on different foods. However every time we find a new food to blame we began to realize that the food we…

concerned with the form of sweetness that comes from sugar. Sugar is obtained from sugar cane through a process that requires a lot of steps and labor. This could be the reason for which for a long time, sugar was a product known only to the wealthy and opulent class. Nevertheless, it fame grew among…