The Price Of Sugar Essay

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I am addicted to sugar as well! From the movie “The Price Of Sugar” and reading it is self evident that sugar consumption and production have resulted to numerous controversies. From the movie it illustrates the demand of sugar has led to slavery among the Haitians as and their attempts to voice out their suffering is constantly erased. The reading further illustrates controversies that sugar production has resulted to such as health issues as it results to diseases like diabetes and peptic ulcers.

There exist various way in which this could be achieved. Such as utilizing other substitutes of sugar like maple sugar and honey in order to ensure that the total amount of sugar intake is reduced. These would result to immediate realization of

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