HLSC 1810U Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Adipose Tissue, Nabisco
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Correlation to alzheimer"s, cancer, and heart disease. On average, we consume 26 teaspoons of sugar per day. The food industry goes to great lengths to figure out what makes us crave the product. 4 grams of sugar is in one teaspoon. Processed sugar is hidden in foods, such as condiments, breads, and soup. Obesity, heart disease, and diabetes have a direct correlation to sugar consumption. Sugar"s chemical components have bad reactions in the body, made up of glucose and fructose. They separate in our body, and the fructose goes right to the liver, where all types of problems begin. The fructose metabolizes, causing issues with liver. When consuming sugar, your brain does not register when to stop eating, resulting in higher consumption. 1999, in minneapolis, many of the large companies (kraft, nabisco, general mills) met when obesity was emerging.
