This shows to be careful with how much sugar you consume. In the second article, Tarshis and Lewis talk about how eating too much sugar can lead to cancer. The article says" New studies have linked high-sugar to…
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.…
FDA and USDA: Too Much Sugar is Bad The US Department of Agriculture and Department of Health and Human Services has set strict limits on sugar intake. The new guidelines limit sugar to only 10% of daily calories. This particular movement has been surrounded by consumers, lawmakers, and public-health advocates since the early 2000s. The concern relates to causes of obesity, weight gain, and other possible health problems among the youth of the US.…
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…
Though not all sugars are bad for you, the majority we consume are not good for our health.…
When over eating or consuming to much sugar can clot out our bloodstream. In the documentary Gameau proves that honey, castor sugar, and high fructose corn syrup all have the same effects and can all cause diabetes. One point Gameau explains is that if we cut out sugar everything in our body becomes healthy again. In 1973 he went to a town who do not consume processed foods including: Coca-Cola, Ice Cream, Processed deli meats, etc... As time went on many high processed foods came into the area and to the people who didn’t have any nutritional information it was a treat.…
Sugar, fat and obesity are only a couple of words that prove to be the start of one of the biggest arguments in the history of the US and even the world. Sugar is a substance that is used in most of our sweets, drinks and more and is evidently becoming more popular by the day. The argument comes from the fact that people believe that sugar is the leading cause of obesity and research has proved that. The argument stems from two things, people believing that sugar is good and other believing sugar is bad and other being whether government intervention is needed or not. While sugar is bad for you in enormous quantities I believe that sugar is still good and healthy when taken in good amounts and I believe that government intervention is needed…
Americans are consuming so much sugar that it’s causing deaths and health issues like diabetes. As stated in the text,”and sugary drinks are said to contribute to 25,000 deaths a year in the United States.” This evidence reveals that sugary drinks are actually so unhealthy they are causing deaths. If this type of information doesn’t concern people then what will? Start cutting down on sugary drinks to avoid death.…
My father’s nutritionist , Nancy Mazarin says “Sugar is poison, we do not need added sugar in our diet, and that we get enough from a well-balanced diet”. I now understand what she means in this regards, especially after reading about this in the book. I really enjoyed reading “The Brain’s Way of Healing:…
Dr. Lustig’s talk about how fructose is basically a poison was something that I never heard before. I have heard that we should limit our sugar intake, but I did not know that fructose was so bad for you. Dr. Lustig believes that sugar is a poison based on observations of current obesity trends, especially in children, and based on the pathways of the chemical breakdowns of different types of sugar. He shows the different pathways that glucose, ethanol and fructose are broken down and the similarities between fructose and ethanol are shocking. Fructose is completely broken down by the liver because our body is unable to break it down anywhere else.…
Studies are showing the skyrocketing averages of American's daily sugar and fructose intake and revealing a whopping 70 to 80 grams a day! That's 65 more grams daily than considered safe in the 1900s! The faulty carbohydrate is on the ingredient label for almost every food product you can imagine and it's nearly impossible to avoid being that it is the multibillion dollar backbone of America's food commerce and economy. Unfortunately, some of the most malignant diseases and illnesses are the ruthless side effects of consuming refined…
While watching this movie, I was shocked to learn about sugar and how it metabolizes. I knew before watching the film that sugar was bad for, but I did not exactly know why. The man in the film made an interesting comparison between a 20oz Coke and almonds. Each item both had 160 calories, but they digested completely different. Almonds metabolize slower because of the fiber they contain.…
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.…
She states “when it comes to sugar the average adult consumes 23 teaspoons a day.” That is 11 teaspoons over the daily limit for an average adult. In Sugar Surprise, Mansfield explains that excessive sugar intake can lead to obesity and other health issues and this can pose as a major concern in adults and children. In the “Sugar Overload: Corporate Profits vs. Public Health”, Serge Ahmed a researcher in Southern France, states “that a child consumes an average of 100 grams per day of sugar.” These are staggering results, considering the daily intake of a child is 12 grams a day.…
Dr. Lustig has found all the risks that can happen such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and even diabetes due to a large consumption of sugar. Though the question for Lustig’s theory is to what extend would sugar affect you, how much would it take for it to become dangerous? Lustig’s information is appealing and has information about the consequences of too much sugar, but knowing too much or too little of something would either way be considered dangerous. His theory could be proven by how fructose is converted into fat in the liver, therefore it makes insulin resistance, raises blood pressure, and causes obesity therefore it might be either taken away then replaced with a substitute substance as a replacement. HFCS is cheaper than sugar and is perceived to be much cheaper than actual sugar, say if sugar was a bad thing, then it would be looked down upon and taken off from any kind of processed food as well as sweetened beverages.…