The Importance Of Sugar Consumption In America

In their 2012 article, "The Toxic Truth about Sugar," Lustig et al argue that sugar, like alcohol, ought to be regulated by governments due to the harm it can cause to individuals' health and the public good. Their argument, at first glance, appears to be highly logical and virtually unassailable: alcohol is regulated because it is bad for health and causes other problems for society, and so sugar which is the cause of much greater and more pervasive health problems and is also detrimental to the social and cultural fabric of the peoples of the world in a variety of ways involving the agricultural industry and global development should also be carefully regulated and controlled. The researchers cite actions taken in other countries along the same lines as a further justification of their call for more control when it comes to sugar content and consumption, and clearly spell out some of the concrete harms that increased sugar consumption has had and will have on the world's population, not just in developed/industrialized countries but in all countries adopting similar diets. This adds up to a very compelling picture of the threat that sugar specifically and "junk food" (calorie-dense and nutritionally-lacking consumables) generally constitutes to the world population.

Gary Taubes argues that sugar is a killer. The major flaw of his argument is that he doesn’t have any concrete evidence that shows that sugar is indeed the killer. However, a lot of the evidence hints that sugar may be the cause of many of the catastrophic health problems. He has built a case that leads back to the 1600’s about different studies and how they have might of hinted to the dangers of sugar. He shows how places like Southeast Asia who once lived off a lot of reined grains had a low level of obesity and health problems, but once they adopted a Western diet those rates increased. Sugar may not be the only possibility this happened, but it has a lot of potential to be. Another key point to this whole argument is how a lot of studies

In the past 50 years the rate of obesity in the United States has tripled, while obesity has increased around sevenfold. Sugar, according to Taubes, is at the center of these worldwide problems. The sugary diet of the average American is often adopted by eastern countries. Once adopted, scientists have seen a dramatic increase in obesity rates. Taubes says this can be attributed sugar’s biological and mechanical properties, though this is apparently a minority opinion. Taubes states obesity is a hormonal disorder often caused by insulin, the primary driver of “our horizontal growth.”

Ultimately, the debate continues as to whether the US government should create strict sugar regulations or not. Sugar regulations should be enforced in order to decrease the rate of diabetes, risk of liver failures, and sugar addiction problems. These problems outright can ruin a person’s life, even leading to death. These problems give the necessary reason for the government to take action for a stricter sugar regulation for population

Food documentary, “Fed Up” talks about the effect sugar, which is currently added to about 80 percent of processed food in U.S. grocery stores. This is mostly responsible for the increasing obesity rate within America. One of the biggest concerns from high intake of sugar is obesity, again, and type II diabetes. If the rate of sugar within our bodies continues, one in three will have diabetes. The film talks about obesity and how it has early on effects for children, which leads to shorter life spans down the

One of the common disease in America caused by the excessive consumption of sugar is obesity. In America, the obesity rates had increased in the last decades and affects different on each person. The effects of sugar on people depends on the race, gender, and age of Americans. According to an

This documentary was a very interesting one. What I learned that I wanted to reflect on was sugar. Sugar was pointed out many instances in the film. It didn’t matter if it was high fructose corn syrup or cane sugar, any type of sugar is not good for the body. The film pointed out that we eat twice the amount of sugary foods than in 1977, and it is startling to know the amount of sugar were consuming is still on the rise.

Overeating sugar is the culprit of a mounting number of obesity, heart diseases, and diabetes cases in America these days. Look around, you can see numerous amounts of fast food stores, also all the “amazingly fancy” advertisements hanging in front of them. But behind all of that crunchy, tasty and savory French fries and hamburgers in the stores, there is a deadly lie. Eating a healthy diet is getting more and more alarming, I know you are tired of people telling you to go for a healthy

Does a beetle’s death require as much thoughtful consideration as a human’s? Is a beetle only less significant as a human due to the contrasting proportions? Does size matter at all? A dead beetle lies on a path through a field and is meditated on for only a glance. The passing person then continues the right of way. Wislawa Szymborska attempts to change our ideas of death to comprehend that even small things are relevant as shown in the poem, ‘Seen From Above,’ by utilizing the imagery of the dead beetle, through claiming death’s metaphorical right of way, and with the contrast of a deceased human and a dead animal.

The past fifty years has seen a spike in the consumption of sugar, that number totaling a tripling increase. However, sugar is not the only risk factor here, alcohol and tobacco can also be attributed with the spike, albeit not as prevalent as sugar. The biggest question that Lustig et al. poses to its’ readers is this: “What aspects of the Western diet should be the focus of intervention”? (par. 3) The current USDA has been deemed “boogeymen” of diets, as well as the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). Lustig et al. all believe that our attention should be turned towards “added sugar”, which is a sweetener that has fructose in it. Perhaps the biggest controversy from the past fifty years has been none other than a severe culprit that experts know as high fructose corn syrup or HFCS.

Purpose: I want to persuade my audience that sugar is a dangerous drug that is damaging America?s health.

Australian early childhood setting is composed of diverse people and diversity is growing everyday. Diversity means not only referring to people’s race and culture but it also denotes languages, practices, religions, values, abilities, gender and any aspects that makes people diverse from other people (Saffigna, Franklin, Church & Tayler, n.d.) It is vital for the early educators to be culturally aware and competent, as it will help children and families to have a positive start to school and it will help children to develop a strong sense of identity. Valuing diversity in curriculum is to respect and reflect individual’s practice, culture and beliefs (Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relation (DEEWR), 2009). However, culturally

Sugar is everywhere in our lives. When you eat, sugar is in the food such as hamburger, sandwiches, pizza, bread, etc. When you drink, sugar is in the beverage like soda, juice, coffee and even milk. Furthermore, sugar exists in snacks such as cookies, cupcakes, biscuits and so on. I cannot list everything with sugar here. Actually, when we eat, we eat sugar. Unfortunately, sugar is now considering a toxic to our bodies. It causes diseases like obesity, diabetes, heart attack and cancer, etc. As sugar threatens the public health, government is considering curb sugar consumption by taxes on sugar; restrictions placed on food production and even age requirements on purchasing sugary foods. For this research project, I decided to pursue the question, Should sugar be regulated? This question deserves to be examined because we need to make some change for life to reduce sugar intake but at the same time it’s controversial that whether the government should intervene and regulate sugar. I wonder how the government will take appropriate measures to regulate sugar as well as improve public health.

When most people think about sugar, their first thoughts are not: heart disease, addiction, or slow and painful death; yet, unfortunately, these conditions are very real consequences of the unregulated and excessive consumption of sugar. In Nature’s article, “The Toxic Truth About Sugar” (2012), Robert Lustig, pediatric endocrinologist; Laura Schmidt, Professor of Health Policy at UCSF; and Claire Brindis, Professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy at UCSF, evaluate the world’s ever-increasing and toxic struggle with the substance sugar – also discussing counter measures to promote healthier diets amongst American’s and other societies. Lustig and his colleagues develop their argument using statistical evidence as they address the global impact of sugar, refuting minor oppositions, before dissecting each harmful aspect of the substance – even comparing it to substances more known for their toxicity. Eventually, presenting readers with possible routes of regulation, the authors firmly suggest government intervention in the production and sale of sugary foods. Although the argument is well executed, I remain unconvinced that government intervention is actually necessary.

Freedom is something that we don’t have to, typically, long for. America is it’s own country where we can pursue what we want, but it wasn’t always that way. Freedom isn’t something you’re just given; You have to earn it. We earned it by paying the price and fighting the fight. Both of those are literal and metaphorical. Back in the day, we were known as the 13 colonies. The people who resided there came from Britain. Though we weren’t near Britain, we were still under the rule of the strict monarchy. Britain taxed the colonists to a point where they wanted to revolt and break away, which they did. The question is, were they justified in doing so? Were the colonists in the right in the decision to wage war with Britain to declare their independence? I believe that they were for the following reasons: King George did not know how to properly run a country, colonists were forced out of their homes, and had to pay for people they shouldn’t have been responsible for, and the taxes were to benefit only Britain.