The Effect Of Oxidative Stress On Diabetic Individuals

Background Audience Relevance: Diabetes is a disease that now in days is becoming more common to society because of the lifestyle in which many of us eat and how easy and cheap it is to obtain unhealthy fast food.

The relationship between sugar and diabetes is quite complex. The quantity of sugar delivered into the blood stream matter more than the source. Nevertheless, many refined food items such as beverages contain free sugar which leads to a rapid rise in blood sugar levels. Many argue that sugar intake cannot directly result in diabetes. However, everyone agrees that weight gain (which may be caused by excessive sugar intake) has a direct relationship with diabetes. This was reported by a review of several studies showing a link between sugar-sweetened drinks and

Thesis: Overall, recent studies have shown that sugar substitutes isn’t and can cause potential health problems.

Aspartame is composed of aspartic acid (40%), phenylalanine (50%) and methanol (10%), the substance is present in sweetening but is also used by the food industry because of the lack of calories (recommended to persons who are dieting) and the fact of not being sugar, sweeten but 200 times more (recommended for diabetics). In the opinion of the director of Abran (2005), "considering that table sugar is caries (tooth decay), unlike aspartame, and that obesity is a worldwide epidemic, sweeteners can help combat excess calories in the diet." according to ANVISA, only people who are born with the problem of difficulty to metabolize phenylalanine (a condition called PKU) should avoid aspartame and foods containing phenylalanine (fish, chicken, beans, milk, etc). If industrial products, such as soft drinks, there is usually a warning on the label or packaging on the presence of phenylalanine.

Karen Congro, the director of the Wellness for Life Club program at the Brooklyn Hospital Center and nutritionist stated that long-term effects of aspartame in humans have not been studied . So from a marketing standpoint Pepsi’s switch away from aspartame may benefit their falling rates. In contrast, Diet Coke still only uses aspartame in their diet soda product. Though their advertising does not consistently, directly address the aspartame in their products, Diet Coke in 2013 defended their use of aspartame by stating in an ad that studies over the last 40 years has not discovered negative effects of aspartame . Interesting, today in 2015, 61 percent of Americans rely on online, websites or social media apps: Twitter, Snapchat, etc.—media reports—for their news . While 38 percent of Americans receive their news from offline sources, like newspapers, journals, etc. . Therefore, individuals should be wary that both journals and media reports, particularly the latter, may be withholding significant details or exaggerating scientific results in order to persuade the

This extended essay is trying to answer the question “How much does people’s knowledge of the affects of aspartame reflect the scientific facts?”. The essay starts with a brief introduction to the topic, explaining thoroughly what food additives are in general and furthermore what kind of substance Aspartame is. Before continuing to consider and discuss the dangers of food additives and aspartame, information about other sweeteners are researched and some examples of these are stated.

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a condition in the body that is related to a faulty metabolism. It means that the body’s metabolism is not functioning properly, which leads to adverse effects in the health. The food we ingest, gets broken down into blood sugar (glucose), which is what fuels our body in the form of energy. This converted glucose needs to enter our cells so that it can be used for energy and growth. And in order for the glucose to enter our cells, there needs to be insulin present, which the beta cells of the pancreas is responsible for producing. This hormone is responsible for maintaining glucose level in the blood. It allows the body cells to use glucose as a main

Purpose Statement: To inform my audience of the effect sugar has on the human body.

Ever since the basic principles of chemistry became apart of human knowledge, scientists have been fascinated with understanding the physical and chemical properties of novel compounds. The prevalent use of artificial sweeteners, (a group of synthetically manufactured compounds with no caloric value) as table sugar alternatives in many of today’s commercially traded goods is an example of applying chemistry to generate novelty. However, the biological effects associated with their consumption remains shrouded in public misconceptions.1 As a result, the consumption of artificially sweetened beverages (ASB) has become the emphasis for many obesity and neurological related clinical studies. Does the consumption of aspartame have adverse effects on body mass and neurological activity in humans?

Aspartame, a chemical that produces a sweet taste without producing calories has been highly used since 1981 to replace natural sugar. People believe that aspartame could help them reach their diet goal, especially for those who are trying to lose weight. Is is widely used on food product like carbonated beverage and cereal, and people believe that by consuming aspartame sweetened products instead of naturally sweetened products, they would consume fewer calories and therefore reaching their diet goals. However, even though aspartame contains no calories, research had shown that people have a tendency to compensate that caloric intake through other sources. My goal is to persuade them that aspartame is an ideal replacement for

The author claims that it is better for the diet to consume sugar than aspartame. In support to the claim, the author states that aspartame leads people to eat more food and thus contribute to weight gain whereas sugar helps to burn fat if it is consumed after certain amount of work out. The author omits several considerations that should be addressed to substantiate the conclusion, hence, the argument is not convincing.

The chances of reversing your diabetes if you are stressed is minimal because stress is one of the reason's why your blood sugar can rise. Stress has many dangerous effects on your health and this is why it is so important to eliminate as much stress as you can from each day. By constantly being stressed, you are putting yourself at risk of developing type 2 diabetes, but if you already have diabetes your chances of reversing diabetes becomes very low.

Even though it has been proven to be safe, people think that aspartame causes side effects such as, seizures, breathing difficulties, depression, loss of taste, and types of cancer (Aspartame: By Far the Most Dangerous Substance Added to Most Foods Today). People think this because they have heard that Aspartame kills neurons in the brain, Aspartic Acid causes serious chronic neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's Disease, Asperger Syndrome, and Brain Tumors, they also think that too much Phenylalanine (which is in Aspartame) causes emotional disorders, such as depression (Aspartame: By Far the Most Dangerous Substance Added to Most Foods Today). None of those side effects are legitimate. Many health agencies, both government and private, in America or around the world have found that Aspartame, if taken in safe doses is completely safe. But that does not mean that aspartame is completely safe. People with the rare disorder phenylketonuria (PKU) can not have Phenylalanine, which is a ingredient in many foods and drinks with high amounts of protein, especially, Meat, Fish, Eggs, Nuts, Dairy and Aspartame because their bodies cannot digest it (Aspartame: By Far the Most Dangerous Substance Added to Most Foods Today) (List of Foods That Contain Phenylalanine). When people with this disorder get too much Phenylalanine in their blood, there are some serious side effects, including

Children should also be cautious of consuming aspartame since they typically consume more sweets and food per kg than adults do making it easy to go over the recommended daily limit. Most sweetened children’s products now boldly state reduced sugar, or [insert a number here] % less sugar, or sugar-free. Parents knowing that their children should be limited in their amounts of sugars readily grab these products to help in this task. Consequently, increasing the mg of aspartame being consumed per day by children, even though aspartame’s consumption by children is largely discouraged by the scientific community (Andrews, n.d., para 17) (Whitehouse, Boullata, McCauley, 2008).

“Artificial Sweeteners: Sugar-Free, but at What Cost?” Harvard Health Blog, Harvard Medical School, 12 Dec. 2016, www.health.harvard.edu/blog/artificial-sweeteners-sugar-free-but-at-what-cost-201207165030. Accessed 28 Feb. 2017. Holly Strawbridge is an author for Harvard Health Blog. Strawbridge’s purpose in writing this article was to inform the general public of the dangers of artificial sweeteners. The article mainly briefs over the negative effects of consuming artificial sweeteners, specifically the diseases potentially caused by them. This article speaks more negatively of artificial sweeteners than any other source used. It is also fairly short and direct. It can be determined unbiased and credible due to the fact that it was published through Harvard Medical School. This source would not be optimal for this essay because it provides information showing that artificial sweeteners are unhealthy and lead to weight