How Much Sugar a Day is Too Much?
Do you remember being a kid and life was so care-free, novel and exciting? Christmas festivities were filled with quality sugary candies, squares and shortbread cookies. Easter was characterized by egg hunts and sickeningly copious quantities of chocolate, or ice cream and popsicles to cool off on a sweltering summer day. It is a wonder how our teeth came out of childhood unscathed and not riddled with cavities. However, all jesting aside, excessive sugar consumption and the poor health ramifications that it causes have become serious public health issues. How can this be prevented, and why is sugar so bad and unhealthy anyway? A sweet brief on sugar To begin, sugar is not inherently evil or unhealthy and, in fact, it is vitally important. Common carbohydrates we consume are a bagel, soda, candy, porridge, wholewheat bread, beans, broccoli, and grapes. They are all digested into simpler and less complex molecules until they finally become molecules of sugar. Some cells, such as re...
