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    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…

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    without knowing how many calories in the food that the food truly has. Normally, sugar has more calories comparing to the same mass of food, which means eating sugar is easier to get fat. Besides, people are used to talking about the evils of high-fructose corn syrup but the new research shows that even pure cane sugar might be just bad for you. It had become an independent risk cause for not only cardiovascular diseases, but also other chronic diseases, including liver cirrhosis and dementia.…

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    the assumption that there wouldn’t be any sugar. However, McDonald’s released a statement announcing that they have, “plans to remove high-fructose corn syrup from its buns and replace it with sugar, as ‘part of its drive to target increasingly health-conscious consumers,’” (motherjones.com). Motherjones.com also points out that sugar and high fructose corn syrup, chemically arent that different. And when you finally put all of the ingredients together to make the hamburger, “A Quarter Pounder…

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    The Atkins Diet

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    immediate nutritional hypotheses of that time stating that certain unbeknownst facets of western eating habits caused obesity. Furthermore, Dr. Atkins attributed obesity to the ingestion of refined carbohydrates such as sugar, flour and corn syrups that carry high…

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    made post-lab was that the diet coke was less dense than regular coke. This may be due to the fact that diet coke contains aspartame sweetener instead of high fructose corn syrup, which is found in regular coke. Additionally, the amount of aspartame sweetener in diet coke is 118 milligrams, whereas coke has 41 grams of high fructose corn syrup. In conclusion, diet coke is less dense that regular coke because it…

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    foods affect our health because they contain high amounts of artificial ingredients that…

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    High Fructose Corn Syrup What do Oreos, Wonderbread, Sprite, Heinz Ketchup, and Mott’s Applesauce have in common? They all contain high fructose corn syrup. High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) sounds natural, since it uses the words “fructose” and “corn,” and seeing as the refiners want it to be called “corn sugar.” However, HFCS is not natural, and not good for consumption because it leads to obesity and other high risk health factors. Knowing what is okay to consume and not okay is confusing when…

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    Coma Indians Pros And Cons

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    recent decades, high blood sugar and obesity rates dramatically increased in the United States compared to other parts of the world. The increased rate of these health problems will severely limit American vitality and way of life. In 2002, President Bush signed a $190 billion bill that would make tax payers to pay farmers an accumulated 4 million dollars a year to grow more corn. Accompanying the bill, Congress also decided to subsidize bushels of corn so American production of corn remains…

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    Fast Food Diseases

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    the article, “Debate: Should Junk Food Be Illegal?” Carol Smith explains that we have ceased to eat junk food in moderation. She discusses about how our behavior has led the general population to develop chronic diseases such as Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure. Especially, the author states that this epidemic has affected the younger generation of the world. “In 2010 there were 43 million overweight or obese preschool-aged children in the world and an additional 92 million overweight.”…

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    overproduction of corn is one such alteration to modern life. Corn has been grown to an excessive amounts, which is increasing almost constantly. This overproduction of corn has led to many different uses of corn, such as high fructose corn syrup, which is used as a substitute for natural sugars. One specific piece of information that most all of society is incapable of noticing is that high fructose corn syrup is a leading cause of obesity. There are many ways that we can incapacitate this use…

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