Sugar: and its effect on health
Sugar is a highly addicting substance, it can turn a completely healthy meal unhealthy. Too much sugar can cause obesity, diabetes and other health problems. Sugar is in many of the things that we eat, learning about how sugar can affect our life is the first way we can use it to change our lives. It has effected not only adults but children health too. With the different types of sugar, how does the amount of sugar effect human’s health?
Sugar is the leading factor in obesity and diabetes. A human is normal supposed to consume around 10 tablespoons a day. A can of coke has 10 tablespoons of sugar. That’s a person daily limit in one drink not leaving room for other sugary products. Sugar can be hidden in many of the different things that we eat. Not know, a person can consume a great amount of sugar. Even the foods that supposed to be healthy can contain a high amount of sugar. “For instance, a small 10 ounce bottle of Naked's Green Machine has a whopping 35 grams of sugar. Compare that with 10 ounces of Pepsi, which has 34 grams of sugar.” (Nokah). Naked’s are advertised as a healthy drink for all to drink, but has the same amount of sugar that Pepsi has. This does not mean the drink isn’t healthier then Pepsi, it just means that it has around the same amount of sugar.
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The problem with sugar is that most people do not know how to moderate it. There is more and more products created to help contain sugar intake. Before the amount of sugar that we would consume was up to the person who was cooking that day. Sugar will never go away, but we learn from our mistakes. We now know that sugar has an effect on our body and steps are being taking to help change. Former First Lady Michelle Obama, took a stand against obesity by limiting amount of sugar that has been in the school lunch. Not everyone agree with this change, but it’s a start in creating a healthier life
Jon Gabriel explains how sugar has become an addictive drug like nicotine, the only difference is that its legal. Once we become hooked on it we become habituated to its effects and need more and more to satisfy ourselves. As a result of the increase in marketing and the on going dependence on sugary foods and beverages, children are taking in more and more sugar and obtaining less and less nutrients. According to Gentry Lasater,
Sugar is an important part of history in many ways. Sugar brought a lot of change to the world. The power of sugar molded the history and put many different nations on the map, which includes the Caribbean, South America, and the southern parts of the United States. Sugar Fueled the slave trade, brought sweetness to an era of sour, and brought different groups of people together.
Sugar consumption in the U.S. has increased by 19 percent since 1970. Americans consume around 30 teaspoons of added sugar per day that’s about a half of a cup! When the A.H.A. (American Heart Association) only recommends about six teaspoons daily, that’s pretty horrific. How is it that we Americans are so used to consuming more than we need? Is it the fact that we are oblivious to what we are consuming, or in all reality, are we just addicted to sugar?
Abstract Is sugar a drug and should it be regulated like one? Do many people believe that since sugar affects the mind of an individual the same as some drugs that it should be regulated like one? Do individuals want to treat sugar as if it's alcohol and not make it illegal but put a age limit? People know that if they make regulated sugar people will still get it easily because it is everywhere. If sugar was regulated or was needed to be reduced in foods many companies would be mad.
Since nearly the invention of commercially sweetened foods and advertising that celebrates their goodness, sugary foods and drinks have been identified as the cause of several chronic diseases, contributing to poor health. When a person’s diet contains a lot of sugar, especially when it begins early in life, it is likely to cause health problems and possibly death at a young age. For these and many other reasons, it is essential to carry out research in order to establish the extent to which these foods affect people’s health. In gaining more information on this issue, the argument can be made that the government should ban sugary foods and drinks should be sold in elementary and middle schools.
Your heart is also affected by sugar. Consuming sugar causes your body to produce insulin to counteract the sugar. More insulin in the bloodstream can damage your arteries. The walls of the arteries grow faster than normal and become more rigid or tense. This causes more stress to your heart which damages it over time. Eventually this can lead to heart attacks or strokes. People who eat greater than the recommended daily amount of sugar are twice as likely to die from heart
Today 7 percent of people have diabetes, whereas in 1980 only 3 percent had the disease. Research suggests that sugar may very well cause diseases that kill hundreds of thousands of Americans every year. With all that being said you have to understand how and why sugar has affected our people. You have to understand how sugar consumption is linked to Diabetes. You have to understand that even though it’s killing our people, Sugar is the most traded commodity for some countries, and if you took that away there economy would implode. Why has sugar had such an effect on our society, and how has that transitioned into Diabetes?
According to the article, Too Much Can Make Us Sick (http://www.sugarscience.org/too-much-can-make-us-sick/), “Heart disease. Diabetes. These chronic conditions are among the leading causes of death worldwide. Increasingly, scientists are focusing on a common set of underlying metabolic issues that raise people's risk for chronic disease. It turns out that the long-term overconsumption of added sugars is linked to many of these dysfunctions.” This means that people living today, have a lot more trouble with diseases because of our unhealthy sugar intake compared to the
Sugar; the word sugar has a great meaning. It all started centuries ago. Sugar is found in sugarcane and is originally from New Guinea. It spreads its way towards Southeast Asia, China and India. The Indians were the first to discover the sugar crystallization method and were also the first to cultivate sugarcane and refine it. In 647 AD, China conveys a mission in India to obtain the technology for sugar-refining. Throughout the centuries, sugar became a staple of cooking and desserts and was introduced to the new world by Christopher Columbus in the year of 1493(Wikipedia, 2013). Back then, most of the sugary foods were healthy because no extra ingredients were added. In the modern world, Sugary foods are full of calories and no essential nutrients. Two- hundred years ago, the average American ate only 2 lbs. of sugar a year. Today, the average American consumes almost 152 lbs. of sugar a year. If we break it down weekly that would be six cups of sugar in one week. Most sugar that we consume are the ones we cannot see, they are the ones that affect us the most. This type of sugar is called “The Hidden Sugar.” For a lot of people, sugary foods are a source to relieve stress and tiredness. According to Researchers from the University of Cincinnati, eating or drinking sweets may decrease the production of the stress-related hormone glucocorticoid—which has been linked to obesity and decreased immune response (Ewbank, 2005). At this point, sugary foods have made their way around, throughout the centuries and now, they are one of our biggest fears in society. Though sugary foods can be stressed free and delicious, with the risk of most sugar consumed being hidden, sugary foods can be harmful to the society through obesity and can als...
Over the last 50 years, sugar has become a staple in the American diet and can be found virtually anywhere. In fact, it is often hiding where you would least expect it. Sugar is no longer found only in sweet treats, but in many of the basic meals we eat on a daily basis. In saying this, it isn’t surprising that many adults and children are consuming more sugar than our bodies can process. Growing up in a very health conscious family, the notion that sugar is addictive and unhealthy has always been stressed in my household. While some kids would flaunt their candy bar at lunch, I was left eating an apple. At a young age, I was resentful of the lack of sugar in our cabinets. However, as I’ve grown older I have realized that my parents did me
Sugar has been known to be the single most influential ingredient on early childhood related obesity. Obesity in childhood causes wide range of serious problem later on in life as it tends to make the human body unhealthy and overweight at a young age in which creates
Poor nutrition varies from adults to young children. Sugar intake amongst adults and children are the same. Recommended that adults and children should have sugar intake of less than ten percent, with more health results you should reduce sugar intake by less than five percent. This is just not a once a month, you have to follow this diet for the rest of your life in order to see vast results. By doing this you will see great changes in your health. People who have less intake of sugars are more likely to be healthy than someone with more sugar intake. Sugars in your diet are associated with higher weight gain, which than can lead to obesity and other health problems.
Probably some of the most pleasurable and enjoyable memories of a person has to do with sweets. When thinking back to birthdays, there is always the memory of the wonderful cake that mother beautifully made and decorated with frosting and glazes. A typical night out with dad can be transformed into a magical evening with a trip to the ice cream parlor. The end of a fantastic Thanksgiving dinner turns heavenly when a hot apple pie is brought to the table and topped with delicious, melting vanilla ice cream. A good wedding is never complete without the cutting of the splendid multi-level wedding cake, when the happy new couple gets to playfully shove and smear cake and white frosting into each other’s smiling faces. Everyone knows that as a child, the only good part about going to the dentist is getting the candy bar at the end of the visit. Why do some people get sick after eating too much suger? Some people do not even know that the abuse of sugar can lead to negative effects on your body. There is something strangely enjoyable and resplendent about the consumption of sugar. Why is it that sugar is so deliciously enjoyable and at the same time a food product that has many negative affects on people’s health?
We are all familiar with sugar. It is sweet, delicious, and addictive; yet only a few of us know that it is deadly. When it comes to sugar, it seems like most people are in the mind frame knowing that it could be bad for our health, but only a few are really taking the moderate amounts. In fact, as a whole population, each and everyone of us are still eating about 500 extra calories per day from sugar. Yes, that seems like an exaggerated number judging from the tiny sweet crystals we sprinkle on our coffee, but it is not. Sugar is not only present in the form of sweets and flavourings, it is hidden in all the processed foods we eat. We have heard about the dangers of eating too much fat or salt, but we know very little about the harmful effects of consuming too much sugar. There still isn’t any warnings about sugar on our food labels, nor has there been any broadcasts on the serious damages it could do to our health. It has come to my concern during my research that few
Sugar This paper is to inform people about what sugar is and how damaging it can be. We will be telling you all the ways sugar can be good for you but focusing more on the harmful ways it can affect you. We are also going to be telling you how to make healthier choices and some interesting facts that you may not know. To begin with sugar is a sweet tasting substance found in sugar cane, sugar beet, honey among others.