Essay On Aspartame In Canada

Addicting chemicals used by big corporations under the protection of the Canadian Government are causing the general public to consume more and play less. New chemicals are being designed every day by big corporations and their engineers that act similarly to drugs such as heroin or methamphetamines. These chemicals are being implemented throughout Canadian society so that consumers buy more product and therefore bring in larger sums of money for the production and distribution companies. Sugar and aspartame are two common chemical compounds used because of their use in sweetening drinks. Less known is that these chemicals are addicting to humans and have horrible side effects on the human body. Some of the effects of aspartame alone include …show more content…
This chain reaction is all the more terrifying because of the fact that fast foods are becoming more addictive with every generation: “. . .fast food is addictive due to the immense amount of sugar, fat, and salt packed into each greasy serving. . . these ingredients often come highly processed in fast food in the form of high fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils [which] contribute to weight gain and leads to increased bad cholesterol”(Cardiff). All the more terrifying is that so many obese Canadians are in denial. While fifty-one per cent are self reported overweights, it was found that actually sixty-two per cent are overweight or obese. There are twenty-two million unhealthily weighted Canadians, four million of which are ignorant to their cause(C). The government that is supposed to protect its people is allowing all of the fast and pre-packaged food companies to do whatever they so desire. While Canada does have several administrations that are in place to regulate food, there are none more prevalent that the Canadian Food Inspection