Persuasive Essay On Gummy Bears

Gummy bears won’t help… only handful of those delicious treats contains as much calories as 3 whole eggs or 5 kiwifruits. You don’t need us to tell you which one is a better meal….

Building a “beach body” is so much more than hitting the gym. You may work on your abs, chest and shoulders as much as you like but without avoiding the sweets on the supermarket shelves as well as in the fridge, it is likely that even if you ARE noticed on the beach, it won’t be for the reason you think.

An adult needs about 2000-2500 calories a day. Choosing calorie-heavy sweets will result in you ingesting a whole lot more than what your calorie needs are; you will pack weight really fast, and it won’t be the lean muscle mass you want; and you will deprive yourself

of all the good stuff that your body needs to function and to develop the kind of mass you do want.
If you have a physically demanding job or spend lot of time in a gym, you probably need more, so a tablespoon of peanut butter won’t be such a big sin. However, you need to be realistic. Office work is not rock climbing, regardless of what you may think of it. Office work when sitting, consumes a whopping 34 calories per hour. If you stand during your work hours, this may extend to 80 calories per hour. You may notice a slight difference between this and, for instance, 400 calories for masonry work.
So, before reaching for those gummy bears, just visualize the following food that offers so much more in 200 calories. For the same amount of calories that gummy bears or similar industrial sweets offer, you might eat:
455 grams of apple or
308 grams of banana or
800 grams of blackberries or
625 grams of broccoli or
1000 grams of cabbage or
800 grams of carrot or
667 grams of cauliflower or
2000 grams of celery or
400 grams of cherries or
1000 grams of cucumber or
323 grams of grapes or
625 grams of grapefruit or
400 grams of kiwi or
1000 grams of boiled leek or
1333 grams of lettuce or
714 grams of melon or
1333 grams of mushrooms or
667 grams of orange or
667 grams of peach or
526 grams of pear or
1250 grams of pepper yellow or
500 grams of pineapple or
513 grams of plum or
2500 grams of spinach or
667 grams of strawberries or
1000 grams of tomato or
286 grams of tomato puree or
250 grams of olives or

If we take the first two items, we would find that 200 calories equal about one large average size (200 gr) apple and one average size (116 gr) banana.

While gummy bears, other than plethora of refined sugars, offer absolutely nothing in terms of vitamins and minerals, an apple and a banana will provide up to 20% of fiber RDA, 25% of vitamin B6 and vitamin C RDA, as well as a full spectrum of amino acids.

Apples are great antioxidants. They prevent lipid peroxidation, which is degradation of fats in the organism under the influence of “free radicals”. This is particularly important for cardiovascular system protection.

Bananas, due to their potassium content, regulate blood pressure. In addition, the specific type of fat that they contain (stigmasterol , campesterol, sitosterol) blocks absorption of bad cholesterol and therefore protect the blood vessels and reduce the risk from cardiovascular issues.

Gummy bears, on the other hand…well…make you gain weight. That’s pretty much it. One can extend this comparison to other types of industrial sweet food, as they mainly target your taste buds and wallet. Your prolonged health? Not so much

unfortunately.