Sugar Act

I know that sugar can be detrimental to your health, and that too much of it can lead to diabetes and obesity. Unfortunately for me diabetes runs in my family, my father and brother have the disease and in my extended family a number of my aunts and uncles have it. I know that I have a higher chance of getting diabetes than most people, and now being so busy I don’t have the time to make preparations to eat healthy. I do try to limit the amount of sugar I take in, to avoid diabetes…

Chapter Two The White Pigeon Sugar Manufactory The sugarbeet first gained recognition in its present form in the mid-18th century as a cultivar of a plant included in the Amaranth family that consists of around 2,500 species distributed worldwide. Among them is the beta vulgaris, the same species that contains the red beet (the common garden beet,) the mangel-wurzel (a fodder crop for feeding livestock) and Swiss chard. It was Andreas Marggraf, a German chemist, who first, in 1747,…

it comes to the debate of whether is causes certain diseases or if it is healthy or not. High fructose corn syrup is composed of either 42 percent or 55 percent fructose. It is a sweetener made from corn that also contains sugars that are primarily glucose and high sugars (chains of glucose). Many people are skeptical against high fructose corn syrup which is also known as (HFCS), but there are many facts that prove the myths about HFCS wrong. An example would be that people tend to believe…

Ever since the beginning of the sugar trade, slavery has been a defining characteristic. First originating in India, the sugar trade quickly became a lucrative and successful industry for merchants and sailors. In the early 1500s, the sugar trade expanded with the discovery of the “New World,” also known as the Americas. Large portions of land in the tropical regions of Central and South America were subdued to become sugarcane plantations. At this time, the native inhabitants of the regions, as…

candy a solution of sugar and water is made to crystalize on a stick and when you use heated water, large sugar crystals will form. It takes about 6-7 days to form sugar crystals for rock candy stick. But it’s definitely worth the wait. Rock candy sticks can be present at every meal.as Part of your coffee or tea by dissolving rock candy sticks. As time passes the water evaporate slowly from the solution. And as the water evaporates , the solution becomes more saturated and sugar molecules will…

It is found in dairy products and is also known as a milk sugar. Its main role in the body is to provide energy. Once it is digested and has entered your cells, it is metabolized for energy. Another positive role of lactose is its ability to allow you to build muscle. A disproportionate amount of lactose in the…

4 tablespoons sugar. 2 teaspoons flour custard. 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract. 2 teaspoons cornstarch. An Easy Way To Make Chocolate Pudding : Prepare a rather large-sized bowl, put all the ingredients of chocolate pudding (except sugar and salt), stirring until well blended, then strain. After that, pour it into the pan. Add sugar and salt, then stir until well blended. Cook until boiling over medium heat, stirring occasionally…

Imperial Sugar Imperial Sugar was known to be one of the largest sugar processing plants in the United States. The company employed over four hundred employees and contractors at its plant located In Port Wentworth, Georgia, just outside of Savannah. The facility covered over one hundred acres of land and is bordered by a river. The facility used conveyors to transport stored sugar from silos to the necessary areas throughout the plant. The Port Wentworth plant takes raw sugar cane and creates…

Alyssa Making Pennies Clean Pennies are shiny when their new, but after time they start to become dull. The one-cent coin was legal tender by the coinage act of 1864 (pennies.org). Abraham Lincoln is on the coin, and was put on the coin in 1909 (pennies.org). The penny was the first U.S. Cent to include the words “in God we trust” (pennies.org). Now how do they become dull and dingy? Pennies become dirty because their copper. The copper and oxygen mixes to form copper oxide.…

Added sugar is a large part of the American diet and is becoming more and more of a problem. Almost everything that you can buy has some kind of added sugar in it and most of the time people are not even able to recognized it. According to a 2014 article written by Julie Corliss for the Harvard Medical School, eating too much added sugar increases peoples risk of heart disease tremendously. People need to gain an understanding of what all of this added sugar can do to there health not only…