Limiting Sugar And Rethink Cholesterol

The American diet is based mostly in processed food which contains enormous amount of sugar. The excessive consumption of sugar can cause diseases such as obesity, heart diseases, alzheimer, liver diseases, diabetes and others. One of the problems with the consumption of sugar is that people get sick progressively without the knowledge that it is caused by sugar. In addition, sugar is an addictive food and life without it is almost impossible. As a result, processed foods are cheaper than healthy food. It is hard to avoid processed food when Americans do not have time to cook because of their life style. Americans need to know the way to change their diet and improve their lifestyles. Americans sometimes forget about the amount of sugar that a soda or flavored drink contains. These drinks are tasty, but it will not satisfy thirst. Sugar is equally dangerous and has the same health effects than smoke cigarettes. Consume sugar in excessive amounts per day have a significant effect in Americans ' daily life. Americans should be aware of the diseases caused by their eating habits, therefore; they should be more conscious of what they eat and change their diet.

The article, “New U.S. Dietary Guidelines Limit Sugar, Rethink Cholesterol” explains many ways we, as humans, can improve our health. In my personal life, I need to eat healthier meals. I can do this by following the simple recommendations that this passage suggest.

When I completed my evaluation of the sugar free diet I recommended that reducing the amount of added sugar regularly consumed within a standard diet was a good idea. While the links between overconsumption of sugar and poor health is still so what controversial, there is an increasing amount of evidence that links added sugar to a range of sever health conditions such as cardiovascular disease. The exact link between added sugar in the diet and heart damage is unclear, however, the chances of dying from heart cardiovascular increase with the percentage of sugar in the diet independent of other health factors (Croliss, 2015, Johnson, et al. 2009). Although the connection between added sugar and poor health may not be clear the amount of research that indicates some connection is enough for me to maintain my

What makes the article interesting is how much sugar is consumed every day. I watch eat carefully but to know that there is your daily limit of sugar in breakfast alone is surprising. I a lot of the time choose sugar free items if i'm trying to be healthy, but to know if you decide to have a treat it is sometimes triple your sugar limit. A soda can contain almost 4 times your limit, and the surprising part is some people have multiple sodas a day. On average a person consumes 95 pounds of sugar a year, by the end of the day most people consume over 28 teaspoons of sugar. This makes me want to watch what I eat a little more than I have.

It is common knowledge that too much sugar being consumed over a long period of time could result in extra body weight. However, studies show that sugar could actually be a cause of death. It is found that it leads to several life-threatening diseases when more than the recommended amount is consumed. American Adults consume as much as three times their recommended daily amount, which makes them more vulnerable to fatal health issues. Sugar consumed in high amounts may lead to death.

Sugar is in most foods and plenty of drinks, things we do not even think about such as milk and bread. Research suggests that excess sugar in our diet could be very harmful, should aim to have no more than 5% of your calorie intake per day, this amount to about 30g. Here is why you should change your eating habits.

Before I could focus on the sugar regulation, I first need to learn more about sugar and how sugar affects public health. I started by reading a scholarly article “Dangerous Sweet: The True Impacts of Sugar on Your Health,” from Rodale News, to give me a basic understanding of this problem. The author Isaac Eliaz, MD is an integrative medicine expert and the founder of the

Some people choose to cut sugar out of their lives and they may believe that the sugar is the cause of the unhealthiness of mass America. Although sugar seems horrible on the surface, it is essential for good health.

Even though basic familiarity of sugar is known, there is wording that are hidden, that people need to be aware. “Aside from the obvious ones, added sugar can appear as agave nectar, can crystals, corn sweetener, crystalline fructose, dextrose, evaporated cane juice, fructose, high-fructose corn syrup, invert sugar, lactose, maltose, or malt syrup” (Running & Fitnews 2). Even though honey is natural, it is still an added sugar in foods. Food labels can be very tricky to read, not all sugar are officially called sugar, some are name by chemical names. A study in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics reveals, “that some 75 percent of packaged foods harbor caloric sweeteners” (Masters) Added sugars are in places such as ketchup, yogurt and salad dressings. “One tablespoon of ketchup contains around 4 grams (around 1 teaspoon) of sugar” (Central European41). When looking at package that reads “Low Fat” do not trust that it has low sugar as will, manufactures add sugar when they remove fat and moisture to help retain flavor and moisture (Shaffer). Understanding how sugars are hidden in everyday foods, is essential in eating healthy and losing the

In the 2010 DGA, Americans were asked to limit their sugar intake to no more than 15 percent of calories a day as stated in article number four, but in the 2015 guidelines, Americans were asked to limit the intake of sugars to less than 10 percent. Dietary fats are similar topics in both guidelines, and both recommend that Americans limit the saturated fat intake to 10 percent. Although the percent remains the same, the 2015 DGA believe that the advice for saturated fats, won’t reduce cardiovascular disease. In 2010 the DGA recommended that the dietary intake of cholesterol should be 300mg per day (^4), but the 2015 DGA didn’t allocate a recommendation to limit cholesterol. In the 2015 DGA, the topic of caffeine was discussed. Lastly, the newly revised guidelines recommend drinking a cup of coffee a day, due to its ability to promote healthy eating habits (6). Those were just a few of the different subjects discussed in the revised Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

Many studies have shown that the amount of sugar we take in daily is way more than necessary. According to authoritynutrition.com, “[U.S. citizens in 2008] people are consuming over 60 pounds

This documentary is taking a look at the toll a sugary diet takes on the human body. The argument is that big corporations take advantage of the public by putting out health conscious advertising while still selling unhealthy products, thus causing the obesity epidemic that we see today. However, it is completely possible that obesity is a result of genetics.

Sugar: the world craves it, but do humans really need it? Everyone loves sugar and we eat it all the time from candy to ice cream to stirring sugar in our coffee every morning. Many around the world associate eating sugar with expanding waistlines, bad health, and cavities, but it is important to understand where this food staple originated from. Sugarcane is the world’s most valuable crop after rice and takes up more than 27 million hectares of land across many continents. Sugarcane is essential to making ethanol and energy, but also has become a staple in the American diet. Though sugar has become an essential part of our modern day diets, where does it come from and how did it first enter our diets? In order to understand more about the sugarcane, it is necessary to look at its

While my total calories and added sugar intake are about right, I need to be careful in the future because the current data shows that I am approaching the upper limit.

By replacing soft drinks with healthier beverages, many toxins will be eliminated. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recommends that people eating 1,600 calories a day not eat more than six teaspoons a day of refined sugar, 12 teaspoons for those eating 2,200 calories,