Sugar Should Be Allowed In Schools Essay

When you think about sugar you think sweet, yummy and delicious! When you eat candy sometimes you think of how you might get cavities. Sugar doesn’t only cause cavities, it also causes obesity, and increases the chance of heart problems. Sweets are amazing but no one wants to have life threatening problems! But, we children don’t watch how much sugar we digest on a daily basis, which leads us to a question. How does sugar affect an average middle school students heart rate and blood pressure?
Do you know how many teaspoons of sugar American teens consume? BJC School Outreach and Youth Development, an association that offers health prevention education and career discovery chances for students, states, “According to the Journal of the American Heart Association, American teens are consuming a whopping 28 teaspoons of added sugar daily.” That’s so close to 500 calories! And
Too much sugar can cause cells to become “resistant” to it which can lead to metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, type II diabetes, and obesity. It can also cause nutrient deficiencies and is terrible for the teeth since it offers simple, eatable energy for unhealthy bacteria in our mouths. A cup of orange juice has 21 grams of sugar or 4.2 teaspoons. If you were to drink one cup of orange juice for 365v days, you would be drinking 7665 grams or 1533 teaspoons of sugar! Popular sports drinks that are designed to replenish what was burned contains a large amount of sugar. A 20 ounce Powerade has over seven teaspoons of sugar. A 32 ounce Gatorade contains 14 teaspoons of sugar! We intake large amounts of sugar without even realizing it! Childhood