The Effects Of Sugar on the Human Body

1. Sugar on the Human Body
Nicole Babayev & Ariel Barikdar

2. Whatissugar?
 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

3. ProsVS.ConsOfSugar
Pros Cons
 Provides sweetness
and tastes good
 Bakes well
 Converts to energy
quickly
 Better than high fructose
corn syrup
 Source of energy and
income
 Serves as a preservative
 Provides substance for
a diabetics low blood sugar
 Causes tooth decay
 Weakened immune system
 Results in weight gain if
consumed excessively
 Calorie dense
 Lacks nutrients
 Causes oral bacteria
formation and cavities

4. “SugarIsKillingUs”Video

5. FedUp

6. WordCloud

7. 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 “sugar addict”
Unfortunately, Mrs. M
claimed to be photophobic,
so we couldn’t capture a
picture of her.

8. InterviewQuestions
Q1: How do you feel about sugar? Do you consume it every day?
Q2: Can sugar lead to addiction?
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.
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.

9. InterviewQuestions(con’t)
Q4: Do you lead a healthy lifestyle? If so, how?
Q5: What does sugar do to your body in the long run?
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.
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.

10. EatingTooMuchAddedSugarIncreasestheRiskofDyingwithHeartDiseasebyJulieCorliss
 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.

11. Follow-Up Books
Sugar Nation by
Jeff O'connell
Sugar by Jenna
Jameson
Websites
http://www.sugar.org/
http://www.plosone.org/article/info
%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.p
one.0081723
Movies
 Super Size Me (2004)
 Our Daily Bread (2005)
 Fat Head (2009)
 Fed Up (2014)
TV Shows
 Beavis and Butthead –
Super Size Me (Episode
207)
 The Doctors (2008)
 The Dr. OZ show (2009)

12. ReviewQuestions
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.

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