Artificial Sweetener vs. Natural Sugar
Is there anything “SWEET” about artificial sugar? Well, over the years there have been many different kinds of sweeteners that have been tested in labs to see how they affect our bodies. The first big artificial sweetener first got discovered in 1897, when a John Hopkins University researcher accidentally forgot to wash his hands before lunch after doing tests in a lab. He tasted something sweet on his finger, and that was the start of Saccharin. Today, many people use sweeteners like Splenda, Sweet ‘N Low, Equal, and Truvia to sweeten their food and drinks.
To begin with, natural sugar is a kind of sugar that is naturally in food and cannot be made or put into them. For example, this kind of sugar can be found in fruit as fructose and dairy products such as milk and cheese as lactose. Also, according to the Cancer Treatment Centers of America, “Foods with natural sugar have an important role in the diet of cancer patients and anyone trying to prevent cancer because they provide essential nutrients that keep the body healthy and help prevent disease.” Then, eating natural organic sugar doesn’t just keep you healthier, but it also helps the environment protection and the reduce of pollution by not using more chemicals to grow plants. Therefore, Natural Sugar is used for not just making our bodies healthy but for making the environment healthy too.
Secondly, we have Artificial sugar, or sweetener, that is formed in labs and is
Sugar comes from planta that are sugar canes are sugar beets. The sugar itself has carbonhyrate which is divided into 2 parts, fructose and glocose. In the u.s (united states of america) people consume over 28 kg of added sugar per year. At out age (11 and up including adults) we should have atleast 30 grams of free sugar and kids age 4-6 should have atleast 19g. Kids that are 7-10 should have a maximum of 24g of free sugar. Natural sugar is found in fruits and vegetables such as, blueberries, watermelons, carrots and cucumbers ect. But food made by us and fsctories contains lots of added sugar that we dint need in our daily diet. Sugar has no nutrition, ptotiens, minerals and fibre compare to natural sugar. Sugar is added to our food and drink
The use of artificial sweeteners in beverages and food has been on a steady rise since 1969, the year it was authorized in the United States of America. The popularity of artificial sweeteners has been on a rise because of the benefit that it is a zero calorie sweetener .Even though artificial sweeteners have some great benefits many scientists believe that it causes adverse effects such as cancer, weight gain and depression. I strongly believe that consumers are not aware of the side effects of artificial sweeteners hence the increase in consumption since 1969.
In moderation. Even natural sugar is bad in high quantities, so yes sorry to say but if places started using natural ingredients it would still not be good for you to eat out sugar filled food often. The American Society is caught up on this idea that sugar is totally fine if you have natural sugar. Sadly that is not the case. Any sugar is bad in unmoderated amounts and can continue to lead to the obesity epidemic that is tearing the nation
The main argument to be made here is that the only kind of sugars we should consume are natural sugars. Too much food these days contain high fructose corn syrup and other additives that our bodies can't handle. Some good natural sugars include ripe fruit and raw honey. Our bodies need natural sugar in order to function properly because, "when our cells don't have enough glucose to do their job they find alternative means by which to get their energy, particularly through fat or even our own body tissue. Always remember to be careful, though, as too much of anything is still bad.
Sweeteners are usually made from plants or fruits, such as Stevia or Erythritol. This means they have little or no calories. They taste just as sweet as sugar. Sweeteners can also lower blood pressure which is
Are artificial sweeteners bad for humans and the environment? Many people eat artificial sugars and don’t even realize what is in artificial sugars or what they do to the environment. Sucralose is very bad for people and the environment and is not a good replacement for sugar. Some people may ask these questions. What is in sucralose and how to make sucralose? How does sucralose affect humans? How does sucralose affect the environment? Are artificial sweeteners really that bad?
Sugar is not the horrifying monster that everyone thinks will hurt you. Sugar isn't as bad as everyone thinks it is, it's actually good for you in different ways. It helps you focus, sugar is not addictive, and it doesn't cause serious diseases.
Artificial sweeteners are used in place of sweeteners in sugar (sucrose) or sugar alcohols. They may also be called sugar substitutes, nonnutritive sweeteners (NNS), and noncaloric sweeteners..
Today a percentage of the population is addicted to sugar and over the years sugar has been given the bad rep that if you consume too much you will have a higher risk of some type of disease. Well in attempt to live a healthy life, people today are relying on artificial sugars. With this notion, the question still today is if artificial sweeteners are healthier then just consuming regular table sugar. This paper will discuss the adverse affects of consuming artificial sugars and the effects that they have on a person’s body.
Brown and colleagues reviewed recent research into the safety of these products and noted that several revealed evidence that artificial sweeteners may not be as metabolically inert as previously thought (305-306). This finding was based on the results of large scale epidemiological studies that linked artificial sweetener use with weight gain. Other studies have
Sugar is in so many things that you can barely count. It is even in healthy things such as fruit like apples and bananas, but it is a different kind of sugar. The sugar that is highly addictive, unhealthy, and overall delicious, is the type that is in sweet things like candy, ice cream, so it is in different types of desserts in general. (zelf geschreven)
The right form of sugar is also necessary; one cannot just eat junk food with sugar in excess. Mainly natural sugars are going to be the ones that bring nutritional benefit, yet not all are the same. An example of a few of the foods with healthier sugars includes “ripe fruit / sweet roots vegetables… / raw honey” (Konie). When I eat sugar, I usually consume the unsatisfactory sugar that is in fruit juices and cookies. It feels great eating these foods, but
Results and Discussion In this experiment, aspects of the scientific method were introduced and the significance of the process of gathering measurements during an experiment were illustrated through the use of a diverse set of glassware: graduated cylinder, volumetric pipette, and burette. These unique measuring instruments played a role in concluding the densities of the two soft drinks, Coke and Diet Coke, and whether or not a statistical difference existed between the two substances. Conversely, the resulting densities determined by each of the differing glassware were assessed and compared to each other in terms of accuracy and precision, with the most precise tool that produced consistent similar results, deduced.
The debate between naturally derived sugars and low-calorie artificial sweeteners has been going on for years now. As our population’s obesity rate grows every year and health concerns related to weight-control grows along with it, natural sugar is scrutinized and we are told to keep away from it as it is our enemy. Over the last couple of decades, we have been introduced to more and more varieties of artificial sweeteners promising to deliver the same sweetness or even more sweetness than natural sugar (some offer as much as 200 times more sweetness than sugar) but with a much lower calorie content, or some even no calories at all. Artificial sweeteners such as Splenda, Sweet n’ Low, NutraSweet, and Equal have become popular as “better alternatives” to table sugar, promising to help battle weight gain and actually assist in losing weight. However, does this make it the healthier option? As with all things, both natural sugar and artificial sugar have their pros and cons, but in order to find the best option in regards to our health and futures, it’s important to weigh them according to scientific findings and research.
Sweetness is usually correlated with sugar. The problem with sugar, otherwise known as sucrose, is that it has a lot of calories. These calories lead to weight gain if not spent by exercise, but now that humans have the knowledge and technology to create various substances, there are artificial sweeteners that do not have calories at all and taste even sweeter than sucrose. Many Americans avoid sugar-sweetened drinks by drinking beverages filled with artificial sweeteners such as aspartame to avoid weight gain. However, studies have shown that the adverse neurological and visceral effects of aspartame demonstrate that artificial sweeteners are more harmful than helpful; therefore, artificial sweeteners, especially aspartame, should not be