Granted Sugar: The Different Types Of Grated Sugars

After reading the article “The Toxic Truth about Sugar” my thinking and reactions are identical to the description of the results in the article. Keeping the overall view of sugar and its danger to human health and mankind, I consider the authors are completely realistic and fair about ways of controlling and limiting the amount of sugar which processed-food industry adds to its products.

Dietary decisions are frequently impressionable and can sway between generations or cultures frequently. Often these shifts in the popular beliefs about diet are fueled by scientific studies or doctors, you can simply examine the impact of Dr. Oz T.V. program or remember the popularity of the Atkins diet to see how quickly these shifts can happen. One such claim that can be found is that, high levels of dietary cholesterol is the leading cause of heart disease and obesity. Katherine Pett of Nutrition Wonk examines a trend within the scientific community in which over simplification and misrepresentation can skew work that has existed for over half of a decade.

U.S. Sugar is one of the largest producers of sugarcane in the country. Its farms lie in the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA), which consists of 700,000 acres of drained farmland that were formerly part of the Everglades its self. (Duke University, 2016). U.S. Sugar’s facilities process sugarcane into about 800,000 tons of raw sugar annually (U.S. Sugar, 2016a). Agricultural production generally requires significant amounts of water, but growing sugar cane in Florida’s dry climate requires even more.

In the article Dr Francesco Branca discusses how there is strong evidence that by keeping free sugars to less than 10% of your energy intake reduces the risk of obesity. Many free sugars we consume everyday are hidden in foods like ketchup which has about 1 teaspoon of sugar. Obesity is a huge problem in America and sugar is a key contributor. Scientific evidence has found people who lower their sugar intake have lower body weight, while people who have increased their sugar intake have higher body weight. The recommend amount of sugar intake is 6 teaspoons a day I think people easily go over this considering 1 can of sugar-sweetened soda contains around 10 teaspoons of sugar.

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The first reason why I think it was powdered sugar, was because of the water test. In the water test we drop one or two drops of distilled water on the substance. In the water test for powdered sugar and the mystery substance, the same reaction happened. For both, the water dissolved easily, and made a cloudy liquid with no bubbles. The powdered sugar was the only one that matched the mystery substance’s reaction. My group also did the starch test. In the starch test you drop one or two drops of iodine and two to three drops of water on the substance. For the scratch test for powdered sugar and the mystery substance, the same reaction happened. For both, it slowly becomes purple-yellow and it fully dissolved. The powdered sugar was the only

Running head: RESEARCH: ELIMINATING ADDED SUGARS 1Research Paper: Eliminating Added Sugars, Obesity, Diabetes, and Heart Disease Brian Rouche (Course Number)February (Date Due), 2016(Instructor Name)

Pour distilled water into the volumetric flask until the meniscus hits the white line at 20.0 ml

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The rise of sugar as a commodity in England situated England as the world’s leading consumer. The increasing popularity of coffeehouses among middle-class English people, as well the introduction of tea from China, fueled the counties. England’s growing interest in coffee and tea greatly increased the demand for sugar leading to a significant effect on Africa and its people. The high English demand for sugar required land to expand sugar plantations, and an efficient source of labor to produce, creating a connection between all three. For example, if there was not enough demand, there would have been no point in planting sugar and if cheap labor could not be obtained, it would not be worth doing so on such a large scale because it would have been expensive and unprofitable. Since they had all these contributing factors in their favor the British were able to gain profit from sugar plantations, which worked as a significant contributor towards their economy. To meet the land requirements the British picked their Caribbean colonies because of their control of that region and its climate. After finding the land for plantations, England had to find the source of labor to work these plantations. The English turned into Africa for cheap slave labor. The British had tried the local Caribbeans to work on the plantations but these people were already affected by the diseases that were brought to the area by Europeans. As a result, there were not many Caribbean people to work the

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The purpose of this lab was to investigate the amount of sugar in carbonated beverages by using the density of solutions, and also to create a standard curve with the percent sugar from sugar solutions to find the percent sugar of flat

When most people think about sugar, their first thoughts are not: heart disease, addiction, or slow and painful death; yet, unfortunately, these conditions are very real consequences of the unregulated and excessive consumption of sugar. In Nature’s article, “The Toxic Truth About Sugar” (2012), Robert Lustig, pediatric endocrinologist; Laura Schmidt, Professor of Health Policy at UCSF; and Claire Brindis, Professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy at UCSF, evaluate the world’s ever-increasing and toxic struggle with the substance sugar – also discussing counter measures to promote healthier diets amongst American’s and other societies. Lustig and his colleagues develop their argument using statistical evidence as they address the global impact of sugar, refuting minor oppositions, before dissecting each harmful aspect of the substance – even comparing it to substances more known for their toxicity. Eventually, presenting readers with possible routes of regulation, the authors firmly suggest government intervention in the production and sale of sugary foods. Although the argument is well executed, I remain unconvinced that government intervention is actually necessary.

What does the world supply of sugar look like from the point of view of the U.S. market?

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