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Effects of Sugar On Human Body

Sugar provides sweetness but has many negative health effects when consumed in excess. It is highly addictive because it triggers the brain's reward system. While sugar gives energy, refined sugar has no nutritional value. Removing sugar from one's diet can cause withdrawal symptoms. Long-term excessive sugar consumption is associated with increased risk of diseases like diabetes, obesity, heart disease, and cancer. It is recommended to limit added sugar intake to less than 10% of daily calories.

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Effects of Sugar On Human Body

Sugar provides sweetness but has many negative health effects when consumed in excess. It is highly addictive because it triggers the brain's reward system. While sugar gives energy, refined sugar has no nutritional value. Removing sugar from one's diet can cause withdrawal symptoms. Long-term excessive sugar consumption is associated with increased risk of diseases like diabetes, obesity, heart disease, and cancer. It is recommended to limit added sugar intake to less than 10% of daily calories.

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Sugar on the Human Body

Nicole Babayev & Ariel Barikdar


What is sugar?
 Sugar is a sweet crystalline substance mainly
consisting of sucrose
 Sugar is used as a source of energy,
source of income, and a preservation system
 It’s a highly addictive ingredient because it releases a substance
that acts as a reward system to the brain
 Many foods contain hidden sugar
 “Low fat” foods often contain added sugar to enhance flavor
 Refined sugar has no nutritional value
 Removing refined sugar from the
body may cause withdrawal
symptoms
 Diseases associated with sugar may include:
 Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome,
 Liver Disease, Heart Disease,
Obesity, High Blood Pressure, Cancer
Pros VS. Cons Of Sugar
Pros Cons
 Provides sweetness  Causes tooth decay
and tastes good  Weakened immune system
 Bakes well  Results in weight gain if
 Converts to energy consumed excessively
quickly  Calorie dense
 Better than high fructose  Lacks nutrients
corn syrup  Causes oral bacteria
 Source of energy and formation and cavities
income
 Serves as a
preservative
 Provides substance for
a diabetics low blood sugar
“Sugar Is Killing Us” Video
Fed Up
Word Cloud
Interview
Name: Mrs. Helene
Wilma Schwartzback
Mlodinoff
Age: 74
Info: Mrs. Mlodinoff
finished her bachelor’s
degree at NYU and
she majored in
physical education,
health, and recreation.
She claims to be a
Interview Questions
Q1: How do you feel about sugar? Do you consume it every day?
A1: My brain changes when I have sugar. I can feel it. I don’t know if it’s physiological,
psychological, or both. I spoke to my doctor about it and he said absolutely, that’s what it does. I
was brought up on sugar. I was brought up with bubble gum, and Pepsi cola, along with other foods.
I associate my childhood security and everything good, with sugar. But that stuff is poison to certain
people. For me, it works on my mind. I can’t say no to sugar. If I go on sugar binges on the
weekend, I don’t stop until I’m nauseous. Thank god it’s not alcohol because if it were, I’d be an
alcoholic on the floor. Alcohol is just liquid sugar. However, I am a sugar-holic.

Q2: Can sugar lead to addiction?

A2: An addiction is stronger than you, it’s overwhelming. You are powerless in the face of an
addiction. I have allowed myself to be addicted to sugar, but I won’t allow anything else. I won’t
have a cigarette, I won’t take alcohol, and I will not take drugs. I will not take anything for fear that I
would fall victim to that addiction. And that addiction, even sweets can kill you, but that addiction
would make me an alcoholic unable to work, drug addict, and I just won’t allow it.

Q3: How should one cut out excessive sugar intake?


A3: Put simply, ingest no sugary substance at all.
Interview Questions (con’t)
Q4: Do you lead a healthy lifestyle? If so, how?
A4: I try not to have much sugar, but I eat fruit. I try to limit the amount of fruit I have. I have a
limited diet because I’m allergic to many foods. I have a severe iodine allergy, and it’s found in
anything. Anything I eat has a rice base to it. I don’t know limitations, because I use food for
everything. With my extreme personality it’s either nothing, or everything. I envy anybody who can
limit their proportions. You have to be willing to give up your habits and be strong enough to do it.
You have to rededicate yourself every day to something that means a great deal to you. You can
eat anything you want, but you also have to exercise. You are what you eat. My diet is very
limited, and so I know what I’m eating.

Q5: What does sugar do to your body in the long run?


A5: Whether its natural sugar, or high fructose corn syrup, sugar is sugar is sugar. They’ve
associated sugar with ADHD, mood swings, allergies and behavior in young children. I have mood
swings when I go into sugar. What happens is if I start on sugar, I will binge, I will hate myself, then
I get into a bad mood because I was weak, and I eat more. Take that further and if it were alcohol,
I’d be on the streets. People sell their blood for a drink of alcohol, they kill. Obesity, diabetes,
possibly all ailments occur as a result of an overabundance of bad substance in your body. For me,
it works on my mind. It’s a destructive cycle you’re talking to a very weak addict. You can easily
transfer for ice cream and cake, to alcohol, but I won’t allow it.
Eating Too Much Added Sugar Increases the Risk of Dying with
Heart Disease by Julie Corliss
 Added sugars make up at least 10% of the calories the average
American eats in a day. 
 1 in 10 people get 1/4 or more of their calories from added sugar.
 25% or more of their daily calories as sugar were more than twice as
likely to die from heart disease as those whose diets included less
than 10% added sugar.
 Sugar-sweetened beverages are by far the biggest sources of added
sugar in the average American’s diet. They account for more than
one-third of the added sugar we consume as a nation.
 Research has shown that drinking sugar-sweetened beverages can
raise blood pressure. A high-sugar diet may also stimulate the liver to
dump more harmful fats into the bloodstream.
 Women consume less than 100 calories of added sugar per day and
men consume less than 150 per day.
 A 12-ounce can of regular soda contains about 9 teaspoons of sugar,
so drinking even one a day would put all women and most men over
the daily limit.
Follow-Up Books

Movies  Sugar Nation by


 Jeff O'connell
 Super Size Me (2004)  Sugar by Jenna
 Our Daily Bread (2005)  Jameson
 Fat Head (2009)
 Fed Up (2014)
Websites
 http://www.sugar.org/
TV Shows
 http://www.plosone.org/article/i
 Beavis and Butthead – nfo%3Adoi
%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0
Super Size Me (Episode 081723
207)
 The Doctors (2008)
 The Dr. OZ show (2009)
Review Questions
1) What is Sugar?
Sugar is a sweet crystalline
substance mainly consisting of
sucrose.
2) What is another word for
sugar?
Sucrose
 3) What are some diseases
associated with sugar?
Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome,
Liver Disease, Heart Disease,
Obesity, High Blood Pressure,
Cancer.
Works Cited
Corliss, Julie. "Eating Too Much Added Sugar Increases the Risk of
Dying with Heart Disease - Harvard Health Blog." Harvard Health
Blog RSS. N.p., 6 Feb. 2014. Web. 30 May 2014.
"Facts about Sugar." Facts about Sugar. World Sugar Research
Organisation, n.d. Web. 21 May 2014.
"The Health Benefits of Sugar." Fox News. FOX News Network, 07
Apr. 2009. Web. 20 May 2014.
Kirkpatrick, Kristin. "10 Things You Don't Know About Sugar (And
What You Don't Know Could Hurt You)." The Huffington Post.
TheHuffingtonPost.com, 30 July 2013. Web. 15 May 2014.
Lustig, Robert H. "Sugar: The Bitter Truth." YouTube. YouTube, 30
July 2009. Web. 18 May 2014.
Mercola, Joseph. "The 76 Dangers of Sugar to Your
Health." Mercola.com. N.p., 20 Apr. 2010. Web. 30 May 2014.

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