Sugar Over-Consumption

This is a fact that is not only staggering, but also shocking that we’ve let this happen to the modern age what with all the technology that could perhaps help reduce this. Paragraph 3’s testimonial is in short order, the UN says that sugar is now in the same league of products as tobacco and alcohol, especially when consumed in large amount, can pose a serious health threat, however it is OK, but only if used in moderation.

Listening to the Dana Farber Podcast: Sugar and Cancer, reinforces that not promoting healthy eating habits early on in childhood can be detrimental to your health in more ways than one. Hilary Wright the speaker speaking in the podcast states that the excessive intake of sugar can lead to an overgrowth of hormones like insulin and insulin like growth ultimately, overloading the body with glucose. As the body works to process this excess and eliminate the insulin

Sugar is, and has always been, unavoidable; conversely, sugar has not always been toxic. Naturally abundant and technically enhanced, this substance has followed in the footsteps of tobacco and alcohol, becoming just as unhealthy and ultimately lethal. And, without the implementation of government

Children’s health and wellness expert Dr. Alan Greene discusses this likeness of sugar to a drug in-depth in his Healthline.com article Is Sugar an Addictive Drug. “Evidence is mounting that too much added sugar could lead to true addiction. Added sugar is not the sugar naturally found in foods, but the amped up levels added to many processed foods. Medical addiction changes brain chemistry to cause binging, craving, withdrawal symptoms, and sensitization. Excess added sugar can do just that, through changes in the same pathways as addiction to amphetamines or alcohol. Sugar addiction could be an even harder habit to break, according to recent evidence about how added sugar affects our stress hormones.” Though the quantity and variety of food avaliable to us today is for the most part a good thing, it is having and will continue to have dire consequences for the

Throughout the years America has started to blame sugar for obesity, heart disease, etc. To an extent we can blame sugar. When someone eats too much or eats the processed chemical filled sugar it could have a negative impact on that person's health. For example: “[..] Chemical makeup enters the bloodstream more quickly than plain sugar.” (Richards). Processed sugar enters into the body and bloodstream much faster than natural sugar does. Which causes too much sugar build up in our bloodstream makes the insulin work harder to process it all out. Until the insulin does its job the sugar just floats around in the blood. We as people can blame sugar for all of our issues when a person eats too much sugar. “I do not support unbelievable amount of GMO high fructose corn syrup” (Konie). That is when heart disease and obesity come into play, when you personally consume too much.

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.

Sweetness has been the obsession that affected humans for many years. It is the satisfaction that people seem to like, however, there might be a downfall to this addiction with sugar. There have been studies that claimed that the obesity rates in America have increased dramatically for over the past 20 years (Eatwell.com, 2012). Obesity rates have increased by double that it has made it to the top three health concerns in America. Experts are trying to find out what causes obesity. Moreover, there are studies that linked with drinking large amounts of sugar-sweetened beverages that a child can risk obesity. This might possibly prove that obesity can be caused by sugar-sweetened food.

Sugar is definitely something to watch out for in our everyday lives. A little treat is perfectly fine, but it's important to look on how sugar is building to hurt you. It's past is disturbing and fascinating, but that doesn't mean you should ignore what you are

E: If a parent were to hand their child drugs their initial response would be utter shock and refusal, yet we are proud to hand over our children sugar for good behaviour, reward or as a treat underlying the capability sugar holds. Amazing, appetising yet addictive for many people creating a vicious cycle of cravings to begin. Like abusive drugs, sugar causes a rush of adrenaline and feel good sensation in the reward centre of the brain. However, if too much activation occurs, it creates a loss of control, cravings and an increased tolerance to sugar, forcing them to consume added sugar to feel good. Eating too much sugar makes your brain and body feel hungry even if you're overeating. It can also form a shocking result of 40% developing a higher chance of depression. Children, who eat sugar for pleasure or reward will not understand the severity of damage it causes, but believe it is something worth earning for. Learning and memory are crucial steps for developing a healthy mental lifestyle, but sugar may compromise such skills and damage communications between brain cells that fuel learning and memory foundation. Many children cannot identify the problem they are going through internally, however, will be able to consider themselves externally as dangerous, different and disgusting from fat shaming from peers and society. As parents, they

Thesis: The increased knowledge of human health has uncovered the factors related to diabetes and improved the understanding of the types of diabetes so that prevention and treatment is possible for this disease.

Everybody knows sugar and children do not mix. Children have a hard time focusing in school under normal circumstances, but when sugar is added to the equation it makes focusing and learning a whole lot harder. Sugar can affect the children’s ability to concentrate. It effects normal kids, and has a devastating effect on children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Studies have shown that after lunchtime, when children consume the largest amount of

One topic I would like to explore in this class is the role that sugar consumption plays in our lives. For some reason, our culture has celebrated and encouraged eating sugary foods as a means to increase energy and produce happiness. Of course, there are certain benefits that sugar provides. However, I believe most of the effects that our American sugar-rich diets incur are negative. Research has shown that an unhealthy amount of sugar in our diets can lead to obesity, anxiety, depression, weak immunity, and lower cognitive function, among a range of other consequences. Despite this, we continue to downplay this abjectly negative data and increase our consumption. Therefore, I want to bring facts about this topic to light.

Defining a sugar-addiction is similar to identifying an addiction to other substances. Addiction to substances similar to heroin, cocaine, alcohol, and cigarettes are defined by a pattern within a twelve month period. Three out of seven symptoms: increased tolerance, withdrawal symptoms, using the substance more than intended, an inability to control the use of the substance, expending effort to obtain the substance, replacing important activities with the use of the substance, and continuing to use the substance despite its negative consequences could indicate addiction of the substance (Tufts University 4). Sugar-addiction is a complex issue, when it comes from sugar, since it is a substance that is in countless foods that are eaten.

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.

As we hear of more studies exclaiming alarming findings of negative health concerns related to obesity and our continuously growing percentage of obesity in our country, particularly childhood obesity, sugar is in the spotlight. We often hear of dieticians and weight loss experts warning us that we