sugar

Sugar

Introduction:

The aim of this report is to analyze the importance of our daily life use sweetener such as sugar. Moreover it contains the influence on our health and therefore causes diseases such as Alzheimer.

History of sugar:

Sugar has been produced since ancient times. The first historical references had shown that sugar syrup was manufactured from sugarcane plantations were growing and technologies for sugar-refining was developed more and more until contemporary standardized methods became prominent.

Influence on our health:

Sugar, the “sweet poison”, is not only a normal ingredient in our recipes, but it can cause a large variety of critical consequences on our health. It may suppress the immune system and can cause arthritis, asthma and heart diseases. Moreover, it lowers the amount of vitamin E in the blood, decreases growth hormones and contributes to diabetes. In addition to that it can cause depression, headache and increase the amount of liver fat. In contrast our body needs a healthy amount of sugar to obtain energy.

Consumption:

Sugar is an important part of the worldwide human food balance. Even though sugar should be treated as a luxury, Studies have shown that 24kg of sugar are consumed each day per person of all ages in the world since 1999. Consequently, because of rising human population the consumption is expected to grow.

Conclusion:

All in all we have to respect sugar as other spices like salt and pepper. Otherwise our body will struggle with the serious consequences such as obesity, diabetes or Alzheimer’s.