Sugar

For many people, eating sugar free foods is a part of life. Contrary to what some believe, diabetics, and other people indulging in a sugar-free diet for their health, do not have to give up desserts completely. There are many healthy, sugar-free dessert items available those who can not enjoy sweet treats made with sugar. Even better, sugar substitutes such as Splenda granulated sugar make it easy to convert all of your favorite recipes into sugar free versions that taste every bit as delicious…

What is the sugar free diet? The goal of a sugar free diet is for people to significantly reduce the amount of sugar they consume. The main idea behind the diet is that sugar is both harmful and addictive. Advocates of the sugar free diet make a wide range of claims about the health benefits of going sugar free including; reducing levels of fatigue, reducing hunger pains, improved mood and mental focus, reducing headaches, increasing memory, rapid weight loss, and the preventing of many…

Sugar: Is it Food or Poison? Refined sugar is ubiquitous in our culture. Simply visiting a local supermarket, one is convinced that the most common ingredient found in our food today is refined sugar. Omitting the obvious sources like candy and soda pop (which usually occupy 2-3 isles), sugar is hidden in almost all processed foods in the forms of evaporated cane juice, high fructose corn syrup, and molasses. But how unhealthy is sugar? Is it only its high caloric content that induces obesity…

Nicole Avena of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, brain scans show that sugar is eight times as addictive as cocaine. Even if you are not gorging on Oreos and ice cream and drinking a jumbo soda, sugar is lurking everywhere in our foods: Pizza, sushi, sauces, prepared meats, cereals, chips, coffee creamers, coffee drinks, sports drinks, almond/soy milk, energy bars… sugar is everywhere. And this sugar, along with making you crave more and more and more food, is stoking a raging fire…

Brenner’s class- per. 1 How does Sugar affect the Brain? In today’s society, exposure to the world’s elements can be a perilous experience. Radiation exposure from the sun, inadequate vitamin intake, pollution, and a plethora of other chemical substances greet the human body regularly. There has been much scientific attention lately in the area of brainology focusing on the neuroplasticity of the brain. In the area of sugar intake, the data indicates that sugar negatively affects the brain in…

comes to mind is sugar. The Facebook status made by Sugar Kickers states “Sugar Makes Kids Hyper and Cranky!” makes one wonder if sugar is actually the problem behind kids being hyperactive. For years we have heard is that sugar is the problem behind kids being hyperactive but modern science contradicts. Sugar doesn’t make kids hyper and the claim made by Sugar Kicker is false because modern science research proves that there is no significant evidence that supports the claim that sugar causes…

To Quit Sugar Why on earth would anyone discourage others from a thing as tasty as sugar, and go as far as quitting it and urging others to do so too? Outlined below are four reasons why. First Reason Why You Should Quit Sugar The number of health risks a person is exposed to by added sugar is colossal. Since only little amounts of consumed sugar are burnt as calories, most of the surplus is converted to fat in large quantities as to cause health troubles. Some of the health issues sugar…

In the article, “Dietary Sugar and Body Weight….Health be Damned! Pour on the Sugar,” dietary experts George Bray and Barry Popkin explore the detrimental effects of sugar on society’s health. The article delineates how rapid increases in the consumption of sugar (particularly fructose) and sugar sweetened beverages over the past 25 years are contributing to the growth of chronic conditions such as fatty liver disease and metabolic syndromes. Both authors suggest that the presence and…

Why is sugar bad for you? part 2. Insulin is a very important hormone in the body. It is made by the pancreas and allows the body to use glucose from carbohydrates and it maintains blood sugar levels from getting too high or low. Since eating promotes blood sugar levels to rise, your pancreas signals insulin to release into the bloodstream. Then, the insulin links to your cells and absorbs sugars. If you have excess sugar in your body than it requires, insulin aids in storing sugar in liver and…

Introduction: The amount of sugar that teenagers eat effects their concentration levels. I believe that the more sugar a teenager eats the less they are able to concentrate. Therefore, I will be investigating what unhealthy sugar, being refined glucose in the form of chocolate does to a teenager’s concertation. This will be seen through the marks and the time spent on tests that are given to them when they have eaten chocolate and when they haven’t. Review of Literature: In all chocolate bars…