Sugar

Introduction and Background: Sugar is a carbohydrate and used to sweeten food and drinks. Sugar Sweetened Beverages like fruit drinks, soft drinks, energy drinks, iced tea, lemonade which have added sugar sweeteners which are sucrose and high fructose corn syrup. 12oz portion of carbonated soft drink contains 35g sugar and 140kcal of energy. According guideline of World Health Organization sugar intake should be less than 10% of total energy intake per day. Added sugar sweeteners in sugar sweeten beverages

school students? “The average American consumes 19.5 teaspoons of sugar per day , and the average American also consumes 500 gallons of soda a day combined into the 19.5 teaspoons per day”. Sugar may be a delicious treat, but how is sugar-effecting children and should foods with refined sugar be given to elementary, middle, and high school students? Students in schools across the country are being served snacks packed with sugar. Those types of foods effect a growing student’s mind and their ability

The History: The history of sugar cane in Australia is a very long one that began in 1788, when sugar cane was first bought to Australia on the first fleet. Almost all attempts to grow this type of sugar cane in Australia were unsuccessful, most likely due to the unsuitable climate, which forced the closure of multiple small mills. In 1922, Australia finally began to export raw sugar. It was only with the advent of new technologies throughout the Industrial Revolution that allowed farmers to mill

The cause was to determine if all sugars in different items such as fruit, candy, and regular sugar are the same sugar or not. The things tested in this experiment were an orange, Hershey bar, and regular sugar. The purpose was chosen to figure out if the sugars that we eat in our food are all the same. Research in the investigation showed that different sugars fall under 3 categories. Monosaccharide is a simple sugar which contains one single ring. Glucose and Fructose are examples of a monosaccharide

our bodies INTRODUCTION Attention Getter: Did you know that sugar, in lab tests, proved to be just as, if not more, addicting than cocaine? Studies conducted by Dr. Serge Ahmed and his team at the University of Bordeaux showed that when rats were allowed to choose between water sweetened with saccharin, a calorie-free sweetener, and cocaine the large. The majority of animals preferred the sweet taste of saccharin. This showed that sugar and sweetness can prompt reward and cravings in the brain that

Are Sugar Substitutes Healthier Than Sugar? Living in a world where there is seemingly a new “superfood” discovered each day and where people find solace in foods labeled “diet”, “fat-free”, “organic”, etc. it’s safe to say that people are becoming aware of the dangers some foods face to their health. Dangers like fried foods, processed meats, salt and of course sugar, or more importantly white refined sugar. Those wishing to satisfy their sweet tooth but are more concerned with dietary and health

That Sugar Film is a 2014 documentary directed and hosted by Damon Gameau. The health documentary is focused on an audience of mainly parents, families, and teenagers, and its main topic and purpose is to point out the risks of sugar in your diet and to convince to stop the consumption of sugar in diets through an experiment where he himself is the protagonist. The main techniques of this documentary are graphics and music to keep people focused on its documentary; he also used clips and interviews

- When you are measuring 5/8 cup of granulated sugar it is best that you use a dry measuring cup for dry ingredients. Since measuring cups don’t usually come in a 5/8-cup size you will have to use an alternate to get the right amount. You can use 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons to equal 5/8 cup. When you are measuring the 1/2 cup it’s important that you use a straight edge spatula to level off the granulated sugar so that you are not using too much or too less. -A great way to measure flour is to weigh

months ago I watched an interesting documentary on sugar and the world’s health crisis called that sugar film. It is about an Australian man who consumed a diet of no processed sugars as his usual diet and then ate a diet that contained the average person’s amount of sugar for two months to watch the transformation of his body; however the crazy part was that he ate all foods that one may normally consider healthy but still contain the hidden sugars like low fat yogurts, juices, and granola bars. By

growing trend of sugar consumption becoming a threat to our health? Introduction We are all familiar with sugar. It is sweet, delicious, and addictive; yet only a few of us know that it is deadly. When it comes to sugar, it seems like most people are in the mind frame knowing that it could be bad for our health, but only a few are really taking the moderate amounts. In fact, as a whole population, each and everyone of us are still eating about 500 extra calories per day from sugar. Yes, that seems