This article is giving you information about the health issues that concern sugar. It states that sugar not only makes you fat, but it may be killing you. "People who consume between 17%-21% of daily calories from added sugar had a 38% higher risk of death from heart disease than people who consume less than 10% of calories from added sugar"(Hellmich,1). People in the United States in 2010 consumed 15% of their daily calories. About 300 calories a day based on a 2000 calorie diet based on added sugars. Which was more than what the average women needed to consume per day. Women need about 6 teaspoons while, men need around 9 teaspoons. One can of soda contains 140 calories which would be 7% of 2000 calories.
There are more added sugars than just regular sugar. It includes table sugar, high-fructose corn syrup, maple syrup, honey, molasses, and brown sugar. There are also natural sugars that occur in fruits, fruit juice, and dairy products. Adding sugar to your diet only has a negative effect on your health. A professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health states that, "excessive intake of added sugar appears to negatively affect health in several ways. It has been linked to the development of high blood pressure, increased triglycerides, low HDL cholesterol, fatty liver problems, as well as making insulin less effective in lowering blood sugar"(Hu,2). I believe this informational text is trying to persuade us to not eat sugars as frequently as we often do because it is doing more harm than it is helping us. It can lead to many things such as cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, blood fats, low cholesterol, fat liver problems, as well as making insulin not as useful. These are all things we can easily avoid by watching what we eat.
