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What is sweet? People in this country have strayed from what Mother Nature provides as sweet and delightful. The consumption of fruits was once gratifying enough to quench the curiosity of the sweet tooth without consequence. Nowadays people don’t have the time to eat organic foods and instead opted for the convenience of mass-produced, heavily processed and nutrient deprived fast foods and beverages. Most of these factory produced food products today are extremely sugary. That sugariness is a contributing

First and foremost, the initial hypothesis of this experiment is that stevia, a plant-based and water-soluble sweetener, will inhibit the activity of the studied enzyme, α-amylase and that sucralose (i.e Splenda), an artificially produced sweetener, will have the opposite effect. Both stevia and sucralose designed for diabetics are expected to inhibit the activity of α-amylase more than sucrose. With this in mind, the results obtained from the experiment showed that stevia does indeed inhibit the

Shocking but necessary, Food inc. is a new breed of food activism… Food inc. is a successful, award-winning documentary with a strong message, released in 2009; Eric Scholesser and Michael Pollan bring a documentary packed full of trade secrets and insight into the real food industry, because behind all the images of farmers and pictures of green grass, there is a bloodthirsty corporation looking to make the processes faster, easier and more artificial than ever before. The documentary succeeds

Chey’s English Essay Due September 21st Hello there! You might be thinking, “just because the internet says food is healthy it is”. Well think again, because it really may not be. In this essay I will inform about what foods people should avoid though they may seem healthy, and which foods are best for people to eat. Most people think fruit is healthy, but surprisingly, it isn’t. If you can believe it, fruit is very unhealthy. It has tons of sugars and fats in it. Fruits are just

N' Low, saccharin has about 500 times the sweetness of sugar and no calories. Sucralose and neotame are a couple of newer healthy sugar alternatives. Both products are heat stable so they are great for cooking or baking. Sucralose is marketed as Splenda or Nevella. Nevella's product even contains probiotics to aid digestion. Neotame is hot due to its very high sweetness - nearly 10,000 times as sweet as regular sugar. This means food manufacturers and processors can sweeten their products less expensively

Sugar Kills No really. I absolutely do not take this lightly. I've experienced the damaging effects of sugar first hand, and have seen it slowly poison my loved ones. I lost my mom in 2007 and her sugar intake was a huge factor in her dilapidated quality of life. If I knew then what I know now I would have never, never, NEVER allowed her to have any sugar. Sugar is poison to the body, and is a highly addictive drug that is the foundation of virtually every crippling disease out there. Daily intake

Mayonnaise and butter are allowed and when using salad dressing the dieter needs to watch out for added sugars. For beverages “The Atkins Diet” suggests drinking mostly water but diet sodas are allowed. When needing a sweetener Atkins recommends Splenda. (3) “The Atkins Diet” has many foods that are prohibited. Since the diet restricts almost all carbohydrates, the dieter

“The Atkins Diet,” a high protein, high fat, low-carbohydrate diet was introduced in 1972 by Dr. Robert C. Atkins, MD. Dr. Atkins believed that a diet high in sugar forced the pancreas to produce the hormone insulin, causing the body to store calories as fat. He believed that if we consumed fewer carbohydrates, then our bodies would produce less insulin. By doing so, our bodies would use stored fat for energy, resulting in weight loss. (1) “The Atkins Diet” consists of four phases. The first

Aspartame has been known as one of the most famous sweeteners and additives to food. Since its discovery in 1965-1969, it has now been developed into a commercial product in which several products use it to enhance its sweetness and taste. Because of this, it has also been a very prosperous commercial product where its company developers get much profit on. Nonetheless, it has been the subject of issue and controversy. Several reports and studies rebuke the suitability of it being a food product

Part of the population today is addicted to sugar, which then leads to a great concern when it comes to being obese. In attempt to try to live a healthy life, people today are relying on artificial sweeteners as being the way to go to lose weight. With this notion, the question still today is if artificial sweeteners are healthy. This paper will discuss the biological effects that artificial sweeteners have on a person’s body and to see whether or not consuming them causes more harm than good.