...only do they care about the quantity of foods, but also they consider the quality of foods. People confirm the ingredient before they buy products and they usually choose artificial sweeteners over natural sugar. They think artificial sweeteners will not add extra calories to the body and help them to control their weight. However, many health experts doubt the safety of artificial sweeteners after doing research about it. They have discovered several dangerous elements in artificial sweeteners. This paper reports the types of common artificial sweeteners, the reason why they are harmful, their bad influences on the body, and why they are not helpful to control our weight. The first artificial sweetener, saccharin, was discovered in 1879 in America. In the beginning, artificial sweetener was only used by diabetics who couldn’t absorb too much natural sugar (de la Pena, 2010). Since 1980, people have started to use chemical sweeteners to control their weight and improve their health. Suddenly, artificial sweetener products became very popular in the United States (de la Pena, 2010). Millions of Americans use chemical sweeteners instead of natural sugar in order to enhance their health. However, it does not mean that chemical sweeteners are health foods. Actually, they are not. They are not like vitamins, whole grains, or proteins that can contribute to our health (de la Pena, 2010). In fact, investigators found many potential dangers of using artificial sweetener. ...
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...Joseph Lurf 4/1/15 Mrs. Shields First Draft for Sugar vs Artificial Sweetener Sugar is one of the best things that has ever happened in human existence because we have what’s called a “sweet tooth,” so obviously sugar is the only thing that would cure a “sweet tooth” whether it is in the form of a pastry, cake, cookie, chocolate, and every other thing that is sweet. “1822: Americans consume 45 grams of sugar every five days, or the amount of sugar in a can of coke.” (“Why sugar”).But Artificial Sweeteners has taken a major hit in the past forty years. Many people say the artificial sweeteners are better for someone than sugar, but it is not if anything it is worse. Sugar is naturally found in any type of plant anyone could ever think...
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...chosen, soap, oil, sugar, salt, tissue, flour, toothpaste, deodorant, electricity, and wheat. These lists of commodities are necessary in a basic style of life. Our chosen product to focus on throughout our paper is sugar. We will address the supply and demand shift of sugar in a market economy. Furthermore, we will address supply and demand and price elasticity as well as whether our chosen commodity is a necessity or a luxury. Supply and Demand Shift There are limited explanations of why the demand and shifts in sugar vary. One of these reasons is because of the federal tariffs that are put on sugar. A tariff or tax on the import or even export increases the price and make it less in demand. No one wants to pay more for anything that we were paying less for a week ago. Also now there are a few different substitutes of sugar then using the real things. There are brands such as Equal, Splenda, and Sweet and Low. These are known as artificial sugar substitutes. These artificial sugar substitutes are sometimes found in food that we consume daily depending on our likes. Items that are, labeled as “diet” or “sugar free” use artificial sweeteners. There is “sugar free gum” and “diet soda”. These products typically have artificial sweeteners. The demand for the sugar is how much the consumers are willing to pay at diverse price points and during a certain period of time. The higher the consumer pays the less they will consume; but when the price of sugar is low the more the...
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...a finding in the 2009 Mintel Global New Products Database. Taking in the scenery of packaging today, this trend does not seem to have slowed down and may have helped to revisit product development paths well trodden and forge those less traveled. In 2009, the popularity of the natural tagline, along with Michael Pollan’s demonization of high fructose corn syrup in his bestseller, In Defense of Food, may have helped consumers rediscover that sugar is a natural sweetener. Store shelves experienced a throwback to the days when America’s favorite soda brands sweetened their prized products without the use of HFCS. For all the sports fans out there, the soda that Mean Joe Greene famously gulped years ago was most likely sweetened with sugar. The U.S. consumer’s diet continues to demand a return to a simpler time when the “tangible material formerly known as food” as described in Pollan’s book must at minimum come from nature. The corn industry acted to remind consumers that HFCS has natural origins and launched a campaign to rename it "corn sugar." Winning approval for use in food products...
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...on the amount of sugar in your diet. But despite your best efforts, you just can't stay away. That is because your brain reacts to sugar the same way that it does to powerful narcotics like cocaine and heroin. So if you are having a hard time trimming sugar out of your daily routine, give yourself a break. This does not mean that you are a weak-willed person with no self-control. It just means it is going to be difficult. If you practice the following 10 tips to cut sugar out of your diet on a consistent basis, you will begin to crave sugar less (and those extra pounds will start to come off). Get to know the aliases that sugar goes by Not all sugar is called sugar. Even if you are diligently...
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...Destroy Your Health Page | 1 Copyright ©2010 Eat Healthy Secrets ISBN XXXXXXXX All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author. Printed in the United States of America Page | 2 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................5 THE DANGER OF PROCESSED FOODS ......................................................................8 REFINED SUGAR IS POISON ......................................................................................12 THE TRUTH ABOUT FAT .............................................................................................27 WHY YOU SHOULD AVOID HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP ..................................32 WATCH OUT FOR ASPARTAME .................................................................................40 AVOID MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE ..........................................................................55 OTHER FOOD ADDITIVES YOU SHOULD AVOID ......................................................62 THE PROBLEM WITH BREAKFAST CEREALS ..........................................................73 THE PROBLEM WITH DIET SODAS ............................................................................78 THE PROBLEM WITH FACTORY FARMED MEATS .............
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...Glycemic Index for Sweeteners The glycemic index for sweeteners is a function of three things: 1. The amount of carbohydrate present. 2. The type of carbohydrate present. 3. The presence of other substances (soluble fiber for example) that slow metabolism of carbohydrates. Glucose has a glycemic index (GI) of 100 and fructose is 25. Sucrose (Ordinary sugar) which is made up of a combination of these two has a GI of 65. The search for a low GI natural sugar based sweetener is somewhat futile as they all contain combinations of the above, or similar sugars. Although fructose has a fairly low GI , it has other harmful effects and must be considered unsafe to take in large quantities. Agave Syrup has a low GI because it is mainly fructose. Agave has been delisted and banned by theGlycemic Research Institute of Washington DC because serious side effects were observed in clinical trials. Coconut Palm Sugar contains mainly sucrose and one would expect a GI of about 65. However it scores well in the glycemic index for sweeteners list. Tests have indicated a GI of only about 35. This may be partly because of other substances in it such as soluble fiber. However, the testing was very limited. More testing may well produce a higher GI. Yacon Syrup, scores best in the Glycemic Index for Sweeteners that are sugar based. It derives it's sweetness from Fructo-oligosaccharides, a type of sugar with a very low GI. It is probably the only truly raw, organic, natural, low calorie, and...
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...ingredients that create the exact opposite result that people want when they go to purchase protein. With the wrong ingredients protein shakes and bars can make you feel hungry, bloated, crave sugar and completely stall your weightloss. Heres why: Dirty Protein Secret Number 1: Added Sugar Many Protein supplements are packed full of added sugar. Sugar is the number one enemy when it comes to getting into shape. When you body digests sugar your body converts sugar into fat. Sugar also creates crazy cravings, so even though you are trying to do the right thing by having a protein shake before you know it you have uncontrollable cravings for all the wrong types of food. Have a look at how many ways sugar has been sneaked into this protein supplement: Check the list of ingredients on a protein supplement and if you find any of the following ingredients you have found sugar: Corn Syrup, Glucose Syrup, Invert Syrup, treacle, fruitrim (fruit juice and brown rice syrup (sugar!) and Sugar Cane juice. Dirty Protein Secret Number 2: Craving Causing Chemicals. If your protein supplement hasn't been packed full of sugar your can be pretty sure you will find artificial sweetener in it. Artificial sweeteners are known to create cravings for sugar. Just like protein supplements packed full of sugar soon after eating them you will be craving some thing sweet, the exact opposite of what you planned in the first place by having a supplement. © Copyright 2012 Flat Tummy Solution www...
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...Cynthia Sass, MPH, RD, contends in her health.com article, “5 Steps to Quitting Artificial Sweeteners,” that artificial sweeteners actually increase cravings, and thus, addiction. In a Harvard Health Publication from Harvard Medical School entitled, “Artificial sweeteners: sugar-free, but at what cost?” former editor, Holly Strawbridge, shares several experts’ findings that “use of artificial sweeteners can make you shun healthy, filling, and highly nutritious foods while consuming more artificially flavored foods with less nutritional value. Artificial sweeteners may play another trick, too. Research suggests that they may prevent us from associating sweetness with caloric intake. As a result, we may crave more sweets, tend to choose sweet food over nutritious food, and gain weight.” These artificial sweeteners are even worse than the processed “natural” sugars. What about other highly processed foods? In a recent study published by the peer-reviewed journal, “PLOS ONE,” entitled, “Which Foods May Be Addictive? The Roles of Processing, Fat Content, and Glycemic Load,” researchers at various Universities, Erica M. Schulte, Nicole M. Avena, and Ashley N. Gearhardt found highly processed foods “may share characteristics...
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... visualize what is most important to you. Being healthy for your kids, looking ripped at the beach, having girls want your body, being the hottest girl at the club, etc. Picture what inspires you and say to yourself‐‐ that’s me, that’s me, that’s me... Fat‐Loss Secret # 2 2. Technically, this does not burn fat, but it will make your waist look slimmer instantly. As I look around, I see endless clients with poor posture, which is the result of training programs which overly concentrates on working the chest and shoulders, combined with sedentary jobs where you are sitting at a desk or in front of a computer terminal all day. The result of this poor posture is rounded shoulders and a slumped forward appearance, which just pushes your belly out! To test this, all you have to do is stand up straight while drawing your shoulders back and instantly witness your stomach flatten. Strengthening the muscles responsible for maintaining an upright posture (lower back) and drawing your shoulders back (scapula retractors) will lead to a flattening effect on your stomach. Another quick remedy for bad posture Website: http://VerasFitness.com/ Fat Loss Made Simple: http://VerasFitness.com/FatLossMadeSimple/ is stretching your chest muscles. ● Tip ‐ A great posture improving and waist slimming exercise is “seated...
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...Smoothie Recipes for Weight Loss - 30 Delicious Detox, Cleanse and Green Smoothie Diet Book Troy Adashun Copyright © 2013 Troy Adashun 2 Wait! Before you continue… are you on a diet or want to lose a few pounds? If your answered YES you are not alone. Almost everyone wants to lose 10, 20 or 50 pounds. Unfortunately most of us have no idea how to do it. Yes dieting can work, but starving yourself just leads to frustration and failure. If you've been searching for weight loss tips that really work - you've found the right place. Right now you can get full FREE access to 5 WEIGHT LOSS REPORTS packed full of weight loss secrets, myths and hacks so you can easily and quickly create the body of your dreams. Click here for instant access. www.FormulatedFitness.com Download 5 of the Best Weight Loss Reports to Help You Burn Fat and Get in Shape Fast 100% FREE 13 weight loss myths that will blow your mind. 45 smart, super-effective ways to burn of calories. How to lose 14 pounds in 14 days and keep it off for good! 13 secrets, tricks and cheats that trigger fast fat loss almost instantly. The ultimate guide to losing fat fast without losing your mind. Click Here for Instant Access 3 Disclaimer/Legal Notices All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under the copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording...
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...Connection between Poverty and Obesity English 135 DeVry University Farm subsidy payments are over $10 billion and are authorized to make payments to people “who aren’t even farmers anymore” (Morgan, Gaul, Cohen, 2006, para. 3). This has been going on, in some cases, over 10 years (para. 6). As long as you owned the farmland, you don’t even have to be growing anything and you would continue to receive a subsidy check (para. 3). Bottom line is all these billions of dollars in government subsidies contribute to lowering the cost of processed foods; not a good occurrence if you have low-income and cannot afford the high cost of healthier foods. The processed foods are so cheap to buy and are the unhealthiest that can be consumed by any human being. They are high-density, high-calorie, high-fat junk food that the unfortunate and less-advantaged part of our society has no choice but to buy because it is all they can afford. Studies show a strong connection between poverty and obesity, the government should appoint a task force to regulate and limit or repeal farm subsidies and overproduction of certain agriculture commodities like corn that is used to create highly processed, cheaply priced, high-calorie, high-density “junk foods”, so that prices of natural whole foods can once again be competitive and give the low-income consumers healthier food choices, thus contributing to the reduction of obesity. The U.S. budget for government financial subsidies to U.S...
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...Why Sports Drinks are a Bad Idea Most people believe that sports drinks are the best alternative to replenish lost fluids and electrolytes when exercising, but that’s simply not true. Many sports drinks contain as much as two-thirds the sugar of sodas. They also typically contain high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), artificial flavors and food coloring, none of which contribute to optimal health. Sugar After Exercise Furthermore, consuming sugar after exercise will negatively affect both your insulin sensitivity and your human growth hormone (HGH) production. Ironically, while these drinks are often referred to as “energy” drinks, in the long run the sugar they contain does just the opposite. After causing a quick explosion of energy, your energy...
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...who consumed a can a day of sugary drink had a 75% higher risk of gout than women who rarely had such drinks. A similar result was found for men too. Last but not least, diabetes is one of the most popular diseases in the United States, which is usually caused by several reasons, such as over-eating sugar, sweeteners and starch, or drinking too much soda. It has been pointed out that people who consume sugary drinks...
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...function effectively, and non-nutrients or things we don’t need can put stress on our bodies and interfere with normal cell function. Healthy cells make healthy bodies, and it is up to you to take care of them. This ebook contains lots of useful tips that you can use right away, to get the most out of your diet and help to balance your hormones. Happy eating © Copyright 2007. Julie Merrick ND BHlthSc. www.poweroverpcos.com Page 2 1. FOCUS ON LOW GI FOODS GI stands for glycaemic index, which is a numbered ranking of foods based on how quickly that food raises your blood sugar. Low GI foods raise your blood sugar levels more slowly than high GI foods. When you have polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), it is vital to eat foods with a low GI. Because sugar is absorbed into the bloodstream more slowly with low GI foods , less insulin needs to be produced (Insulin is a hormone from the pancreas that allows sugar from the bloodstream to get inside cells for energy production). Lower insulin is desirable because too much insulin can stimulate the production of testosterone, the male hormone that is responsible for many of the symptoms of PCOS such as acne, excess hair, scalp hair loss, and menstrual irregularities. It also has the effect of ‘switching off’ fat burning in cells, making it harder to lose weight. Low GI eating can help to reduce your insulin levels and balance hormones, keep your energy levels stable for longer, and reduce sweet cravings. Try eating wholegrain...
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