No one ever expected for sugar sweetened beverages to become a threat to human health. The article Ounces of Prevention-The Public Policy Case for Taxes on Sugared Beverages is a depiction of the growing worries of experts in public health; Kelly D. Brownell and Thomas R. Frieden manifest the importance of increasing the taxes on sugar sweetened beverages in order to generate a decrease in consumption, promoting people to make a wise selection to reduce the rate of obesity. The ascending consumption of sugar sweetened beverages is presented as the “largest driver of the obesity epidemic”. Imposing an excise tax may be a solution to this preventable problem. Demanding taxation on sugar sweetened beverages will produce a revenue.…
There have been vigorous studies to determine the effects sugar really has on humans and the result is breathtaking. The Journal of the American Heart Association Internal Medicine had conducted a 15 year study recently which “concluded that people who consumed more than a quarter of their daily calories as sugar were more than twice as likely to die… including increased risk of depression” (Richards). Believe it or not, sugar can actually be quite addictive in certain scenarios, boosting the brain`s reward centers. However, it only applies to an unnatural intake of sugar daily and the chance of seeing any life threatening consequences are…
Overall, obesity is not the problem; sugar is, since it damages a person’s metabolism causing a variety of diseases. For this reason, the authors point out the authorities for saying that sugar contains “empty calories” when in reality it harms a body (Lustig, Schmidt, and Brindis…
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.…
In Michael Specter’s article “How Much Harm Can Sugar Do?”, he expresses his feelings about how the war on obesity is changing America and is becoming the new normal in our nation. The war on obesity is proven to be a major problem in the United States, causing multiple diseases more common though is Diabetes. The War on Obesity is described by specter as a war in which the “allies and demons keep swapping places.”. Allies include Good Health, Healthy Foods and a fit lifestyle while the Demons are the Fast Food Joints, Candy bars, and an unhealthy lifestyle.…
Sugar: A Bittersweet History The author's main point in this novel is to illustrate the significance of sugar in world history. Sugar has slowly made its way from the highest of society to the lower and middle classes. Sugar took over the world it went into the households of many and became apart of the diet everyone.…
Diet Soda: Healthy or Unhealthy When people are on a diet, people want to limit their calorie intake, often by measuring the calories in the food they consume. When it comes to drinking soda, some people avoid drinking soda or turning to diet soda. Diet sodas claim to be free of calorie; however are diet sodas truly free of sugar? Mostly all diet sodas contain artificial sugars but what is the result of consuming artificial sugars contained in diet sodas? Furthermore, what are the side effects of consuming artificial sugars on a person’s health?…
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…
From my own experience as an Anthropology student, I know that only few things can be considered universally accepted in our world. Nevertheless, sweetness seems to be a pretty well accepted concept in all cultures. Although most of the cultures in the world see not to be opposed to the introduction of some form of sweetness in their daily diet, the amount of these substances that is used in different areas varieties a lot. This book is meanly 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.…
Introduction Debates concerning the health effects of artificial sweeteners are relevant not only for scientists and dieticians, but also for diabetics and individuals who are trying to lose weight. According to the American Diabetes Association (2014), aspartame (Equal, NutraSweet); acesulfame potassium (Sunett, Sweet One); neotame; sucralose (Splenda); saccharin (Sweet ‘N Low, Sweet Twin, Sugar Twin); and advantame are six alternatives to natural sugar that are commonly added to foods and incorporated into store-bought foods. Rebaudioside A (Stevia) is a natural sweetener that is also quite common (para. 3, 5). The benefits of artificial sweeteners include their concentrated flavor and their low calorie content.…
Sakeena Raza 1004329194 HLTA02 How social determinants impact the health and wellbeing of communities. Introduction The film Bad Sugar: Diabetes in the Native American Tribes focuses on the life of the Pima and Tohono…
Even with the smaller amounts of artificial sweeteners, they provide major health…
In modern times, billions of people around the world consume these non-nutritive sweeteners, and in a study with 80,000 participants there was a significant correlation found between weight gain and non-nutritive sweetener.4 A key point in the thought process of switching from a sugar sweetened diet to one with non-nutritive sweeteners is that there is no compensation through the consumption of more food for the calorie reduction that came from the switch, which could result in an increased overall caloric intake.2 There have been multiple studies on the negative effects of non-nutritive sweeteners, with results ranging from an increase in metabolic syndrome in all age ranges, to an increased risk of developing diabetes even after the same people exhibited weight loss after starting a diet with non-nutritive sweeteners eight years prior.4 It has also been found that the exact diseases that artificial sweeteners are being used to prevent, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and other disorders, can actually cause…
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…