Sugar Effect On Health
The Effect of Health problems caused by Sugar
Sophie Tacheci
The Effect of Health problems caused by the amount of Sugar on the Drosophila
Sugar intake has increased drastically since the 1820’s, causing over 78 ailments such as raised insulin levels, rising rates of obesity, heart disease and diabetes. Sugar intake per person during the 1820’s was about five pounds per year. Today the average sugar intake is about one hundred pounds per year, or about 119 grams per day. Obesity can cause Cancer, Osteoarthritis and even sleep disorder. Doctors agree from the Obesity Society that obese people are at greater risk of chronic disease compared to normal-weight individuals. There have also been studies that people …show more content…
with close relatives who have had heart disease or diabetes are more likely to develop if they are obese. (Stephan Guyenet and Jeremy Landen, Whole Health Source) This experiment plans on testing the effect of the amount of sugar packets on the Drosophila Melanogaster.
There are different kinds of sugar such as white sugar, brown sugar, and liquid sugar. The types of sugar can affect the person differently (Andrew Van Hook, 2012). Brown sugar has calcium, potassium, iron and magnesium while white sugar has none. The brown sugar has so little calcium, potassium, iron and magnesium that it doesn’t make a health difference compared to white sugar. Brown sugar is not as refined as white sugar because brown sugar has molasses added to it. (O’onnor Anahad, 2007). Glucose is an important energy that is needed by all cells and organs. Low blood glucose or low blood sugar (Hypoglycemia) occurs when blood glucose drops below normal levels. Sugar will affect the insulin levels, which help the cells use glucose for energy. Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas.
Some other things sugar can affect is the blood pressure. Blood pressure is the force exerted by circulating blood on the walls of blood vessels. When the flow of blood is to low (Hypertension) to deliver enough oxygen and nutrients to vital organs such as the brain, heart, and kidney. Sugar can also cause high blood sugar Refined sugar is deadly to humans (Dufty, 2012) when we eat too much refined sugar the liver stores it for us as extra energy, as the liver can’t hold it anymore the sugar is turned into fat and the fat is stored in organs like the belly, breasts, and the bottom. When there isn’t space anymore to hold the fat the fat is stored in the heart and other vital organs turning the muscle into fat increasing the danger of heart disease (Dufty, 2012). Sugar can also cause coronary heart disease leading to stroke. Coronary heart disease is caused by the buildup of plaque in the arteries in your heart. Some symptoms are noticeable but sometimes the person can have the disease but not the symptom. Symptoms are pain in the heart when in motion, the person’s heart could feel heavy or as if someone is squeezing it, it also causes shortness of breath or fatigue with activity. Stroke is when the blood flow is stopped for longer than a few seconds. Ischemic stroke is when the blood vessel is blocked by a clot (thrombotic stroke), and embolic stroke is when a clot travels up to the brain.
Evita Ochel wrote an article of how sugar can affect your bones, muscles, and the brain.
Carson C. Chow is a mathematician working with Kevin Hall to find an equation of what you eat and do and how it will lead to obesity. Robert Lustig is a UCSF pediatric neuroendocrinologist. He says that sucrose and High-fructose corn syrup are poisonous to us. Robert Lustig states that High-fructose corn syrup is worse than the sucrose. Sucrose is table-sugar, while High-fructose corn syrup is what you put in soft drinks. William Dufty attended the Wayne State University in Detroit. Dufty wrote Sugar Blues in 1975. Dufty studied a case where sailors where shipwrecked and had nothing except sugar and water. Dufty studied a case by giving one group of dogs only water and another sugar with water, the conclusion stated that it is better to drink only water than sugar and water alone, this meant that the sugar was actually making it worse, meaning that the sailors would have survived longer if they only had water. The life span of a Drosophila fly is about 30 days (Harold, 2012) (Harold, 2012) Drosophila are small and easily handled, use up little space and equipment, and have a short lifespan. These fruit flies are similar to human since they share many human disease genes, cellular process, brain cell development, and behaviors. So it’s easy to see the effect of the Drosophila on the sugar …show more content…
intake.
This is an important area to study because today more than 4,000,000 die each year from diabetes, and diabetes is only one disease and sickness caused by sugar, there are more than 76 dangers caused by sugar. Finding a way to stop the amount of high sugar amount we digest every day can improve our risk of premature aging, diabetes, and every single system in our body not working. For this experiment the food for the drosophila is oatmeal, which will make it easy to control the amount of sugar intake. This experiment will use a control group of Drosophila (A) and not give them any sugar, the second group (B) will have one packet of refined sugar, (C) will have the two packets, (D) will have three packets, (E) will have four packets, and (F) will have five packets. Based on Dufty’s work it is hypothesized that the greater the sugar amount in the food the worse it is on health and life-span.
Works Cited
Board, A.D.A.M. Editorial. Coronary Heart Disease. U.S. National Library of Medicine, 18 Nov. 0000. Web. 18 Oct. 2012. .
Board, A.D.A.M. Editorial. "Stroke." Stroke. U.S. National Library of Medicine, 18 Nov. 0000. Web. 18 Oct. 2012. .
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 07 Dec. 2009. Web. 18 Oct. 2012. .
Diego, Steven Edelman, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, University of California, San. "What Is Glucose (Sugar In The Blood) And What Purpose Does It Serve?" ABC News. ABC News Network, 12 Aug. 2008. Web. 18 Oct. 2012. .
Dreifus, Claudia. "A CONVERSATION WITH CARSON CHOW; A Mathematical Challenge to Obesity." The New York Times. The New York Times, 15 May 2012. Web. 19 Oct. 2012. .
Dufty, William. Sugar Blues. Radnor, PA: Chilton Book, 1975. Print.
"Glucose." Sugars. Hyper Physics, n.d. Web. 18 Oct. 2012. .
Hook, Andrew Van.
"Sugar." Go.grolier.com. N.p., 2012. Web. 09 Oct. 2012. .
Leong, King Sun. "Obesity and Diabetes." Sciencedirect.com. Sciverse, July 1999. Web. 18 Oct. 2012. .
"Living with Diabetes." Insulin Basics. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Oct. 2012. .
Manning, Gerard. "A Quick and Simple Introduction to Drosophila Melanogaster." Introduction to Drosophila. N.p., 12 July 2008. Web. 09 Oct. 2012. .
"National Diabetes InformationClearinghouse (NDIC)." Hypoglycemia. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Oct. 2012. .
Norris, Jeffrey. "Sugar Is a Poison, Says UCSF Obesity Expert." University of California, San Francisco. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Oct. 2012. .
Ochel, Evita. "Health Effects of Sugar on Your Body â“ The Bitter Truth - Evolving Wellness | Holistic Optimal Health." Evolving Wellness. N.p., 17 Nov. 2010. Web. 05 Oct. 2012. .
Ochel, Evita. "Health Effects of Sugar on Your Body â“ The Bitter Truth - Evolving Wellness | Holistic Optimal Health." Evolving Wellness. N.p., 17 Nov. 2010. Web. 05 Oct. 2012. .
O 'connor, Anahad. "Really?" The New York Times. The New York Times, 12 June 2007. Web. 05 Oct. 2012. .
Oldroyd, Harold. "Drosophila." Go.grolier.com. N.p., 2012. Web. 05 Oct. 2012. .
"Sugar and Cardiovascular Disease." Sugar and Cardiovascular Disease. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Oct. 2012.
.
Taubes, Gary. "IS SUGAR TOXIC?" The New York Times. The New York Times, 17 Apr. 2011. Web. 05 Oct. 2012. .
"Vital Signs: State-Specific Obesity Prevalence Among Adults." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 03 Aug. 2010. Web. 18 Oct. 2012. .
"What Is High Blood Pressure?" - NHLBI, NIH. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Oct. 2012. .
Sophie Tacheci
The Effect of Health problems caused by the amount of Sugar on the Drosophila
Sugar intake has increased drastically since the 1820’s, causing over 78 ailments such as raised insulin levels, rising rates of obesity, heart disease and diabetes. Sugar intake per person during the 1820’s was about five pounds per year. Today the average sugar intake is about one hundred pounds per year, or about 119 grams per day. Obesity can cause Cancer, Osteoarthritis and even sleep disorder. Doctors agree from the Obesity Society that obese people are at greater risk of chronic disease compared to normal-weight individuals. There have also been studies that people …show more content…
with close relatives who have had heart disease or diabetes are more likely to develop if they are obese. (Stephan Guyenet and Jeremy Landen, Whole Health Source) This experiment plans on testing the effect of the amount of sugar packets on the Drosophila Melanogaster.
There are different kinds of sugar such as white sugar, brown sugar, and liquid sugar. The types of sugar can affect the person differently (Andrew Van Hook, 2012). Brown sugar has calcium, potassium, iron and magnesium while white sugar has none. The brown sugar has so little calcium, potassium, iron and magnesium that it doesn’t make a health difference compared to white sugar. Brown sugar is not as refined as white sugar because brown sugar has molasses added to it. (O’onnor Anahad, 2007). Glucose is an important energy that is needed by all cells and organs. Low blood glucose or low blood sugar (Hypoglycemia) occurs when blood glucose drops below normal levels. Sugar will affect the insulin levels, which help the cells use glucose for energy. Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas.
Some other things sugar can affect is the blood pressure. Blood pressure is the force exerted by circulating blood on the walls of blood vessels. When the flow of blood is to low (Hypertension) to deliver enough oxygen and nutrients to vital organs such as the brain, heart, and kidney. Sugar can also cause high blood sugar Refined sugar is deadly to humans (Dufty, 2012) when we eat too much refined sugar the liver stores it for us as extra energy, as the liver can’t hold it anymore the sugar is turned into fat and the fat is stored in organs like the belly, breasts, and the bottom. When there isn’t space anymore to hold the fat the fat is stored in the heart and other vital organs turning the muscle into fat increasing the danger of heart disease (Dufty, 2012). Sugar can also cause coronary heart disease leading to stroke. Coronary heart disease is caused by the buildup of plaque in the arteries in your heart. Some symptoms are noticeable but sometimes the person can have the disease but not the symptom. Symptoms are pain in the heart when in motion, the person’s heart could feel heavy or as if someone is squeezing it, it also causes shortness of breath or fatigue with activity. Stroke is when the blood flow is stopped for longer than a few seconds. Ischemic stroke is when the blood vessel is blocked by a clot (thrombotic stroke), and embolic stroke is when a clot travels up to the brain.
Evita Ochel wrote an article of how sugar can affect your bones, muscles, and the brain.
Carson C. Chow is a mathematician working with Kevin Hall to find an equation of what you eat and do and how it will lead to obesity. Robert Lustig is a UCSF pediatric neuroendocrinologist. He says that sucrose and High-fructose corn syrup are poisonous to us. Robert Lustig states that High-fructose corn syrup is worse than the sucrose. Sucrose is table-sugar, while High-fructose corn syrup is what you put in soft drinks. William Dufty attended the Wayne State University in Detroit. Dufty wrote Sugar Blues in 1975. Dufty studied a case where sailors where shipwrecked and had nothing except sugar and water. Dufty studied a case by giving one group of dogs only water and another sugar with water, the conclusion stated that it is better to drink only water than sugar and water alone, this meant that the sugar was actually making it worse, meaning that the sailors would have survived longer if they only had water. The life span of a Drosophila fly is about 30 days (Harold, 2012) (Harold, 2012) Drosophila are small and easily handled, use up little space and equipment, and have a short lifespan. These fruit flies are similar to human since they share many human disease genes, cellular process, brain cell development, and behaviors. So it’s easy to see the effect of the Drosophila on the sugar …show more content…
intake.
This is an important area to study because today more than 4,000,000 die each year from diabetes, and diabetes is only one disease and sickness caused by sugar, there are more than 76 dangers caused by sugar. Finding a way to stop the amount of high sugar amount we digest every day can improve our risk of premature aging, diabetes, and every single system in our body not working. For this experiment the food for the drosophila is oatmeal, which will make it easy to control the amount of sugar intake. This experiment will use a control group of Drosophila (A) and not give them any sugar, the second group (B) will have one packet of refined sugar, (C) will have the two packets, (D) will have three packets, (E) will have four packets, and (F) will have five packets. Based on Dufty’s work it is hypothesized that the greater the sugar amount in the food the worse it is on health and life-span.
Works Cited
Board, A.D.A.M. Editorial. Coronary Heart Disease. U.S. National Library of Medicine, 18 Nov. 0000. Web. 18 Oct. 2012. .
Board, A.D.A.M. Editorial. "Stroke." Stroke. U.S. National Library of Medicine, 18 Nov. 0000. Web. 18 Oct. 2012. .
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 07 Dec. 2009. Web. 18 Oct. 2012. .
Diego, Steven Edelman, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, University of California, San. "What Is Glucose (Sugar In The Blood) And What Purpose Does It Serve?" ABC News. ABC News Network, 12 Aug. 2008. Web. 18 Oct. 2012. .
Dreifus, Claudia. "A CONVERSATION WITH CARSON CHOW; A Mathematical Challenge to Obesity." The New York Times. The New York Times, 15 May 2012. Web. 19 Oct. 2012. .
Dufty, William. Sugar Blues. Radnor, PA: Chilton Book, 1975. Print.
"Glucose." Sugars. Hyper Physics, n.d. Web. 18 Oct. 2012. .
Hook, Andrew Van.
"Sugar." Go.grolier.com. N.p., 2012. Web. 09 Oct. 2012. .
Leong, King Sun. "Obesity and Diabetes." Sciencedirect.com. Sciverse, July 1999. Web. 18 Oct. 2012. .
"Living with Diabetes." Insulin Basics. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Oct. 2012. .
Manning, Gerard. "A Quick and Simple Introduction to Drosophila Melanogaster." Introduction to Drosophila. N.p., 12 July 2008. Web. 09 Oct. 2012. .
"National Diabetes InformationClearinghouse (NDIC)." Hypoglycemia. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Oct. 2012. .
Norris, Jeffrey. "Sugar Is a Poison, Says UCSF Obesity Expert." University of California, San Francisco. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Oct. 2012. .
Ochel, Evita. "Health Effects of Sugar on Your Body â“ The Bitter Truth - Evolving Wellness | Holistic Optimal Health." Evolving Wellness. N.p., 17 Nov. 2010. Web. 05 Oct. 2012. .
Ochel, Evita. "Health Effects of Sugar on Your Body â“ The Bitter Truth - Evolving Wellness | Holistic Optimal Health." Evolving Wellness. N.p., 17 Nov. 2010. Web. 05 Oct. 2012. .
O 'connor, Anahad. "Really?" The New York Times. The New York Times, 12 June 2007. Web. 05 Oct. 2012. .
Oldroyd, Harold. "Drosophila." Go.grolier.com. N.p., 2012. Web. 05 Oct. 2012. .
"Sugar and Cardiovascular Disease." Sugar and Cardiovascular Disease. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Oct. 2012.
.
Taubes, Gary. "IS SUGAR TOXIC?" The New York Times. The New York Times, 17 Apr. 2011. Web. 05 Oct. 2012. .
"Vital Signs: State-Specific Obesity Prevalence Among Adults." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 03 Aug. 2010. Web. 18 Oct. 2012. .
"What Is High Blood Pressure?" - NHLBI, NIH. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Oct. 2012. .