Summary Of The Toxic Truth About Sugar

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As the consumption of sugar has increased, so has the chance of being struck with dangerous and life threatening diseases that is directly caused by the large quantities of sugar that is consumed by the common U.S citizen. Brian Martinez will try to explain why sugar is actually a poison that has embedded itself into the lives of many. The information that Brian has gathered was from the research article "The Truth About Sugar" and the article "The Toxic Truth." Over the past 20 plus years the rise of child obesity and diabetes has rose due to the large amounts of cheap sugars that large companies have used to create their products. The high amounts of sugars in drinks and food does not help in cutting down the high health risks that is given due to the abuse of sugars. The cheap and highly used sweetener is called High-Fructose corn syrup it is the fructose that has been shown to be the real poison says the author of the article “The Truth …show more content…
The problem is, every meal now is a fructose meal.” HFCS is being added surreptitiously to processed foods. It has found its way into everything”. High fructose corn syrup is manufactured from corn and is a sweetener but besides its glucose, which is good for your body, it is the fructose that causes the harmful effects as it is inside all soft drinks