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Blog Entries With Tag: Fifth EstateBlog: Anna's BlogFrom: FatCatAnnaPosted: Oct 6, 2013
I recently watched the season opener of the Fifth Estate (a show similar to 60 Minutes on USA television) – about the evils of sugar and what it is doing to the populations health around the world (it’s effects on diseases like diabetes to cancer and Alzheimer’s to name just a few). It was interesting for the most part – it opened my eyes up abit to what sugar does in the breakdown in our bodies (liver – wow does that take the brunch of access sugar). My only concern was how it was made that sugar is EVIL – that we should really avoid it all together. That’s not possible. Sugar is in in everything we eat – it’s either added – or its part of the natural structure of the item we are about to gobble down. I do believe in reducing my sugar intake but for myself that’s mainly for my being a diabetic (and no – the type I have is not brought on by eating sugar or being overweight - SCREAM – the amount of times I’ve had to explain this to people). My Type 1 diabetes is all to do with my autoimmune system destroying my pancreas which produces insulin, a hormone that enables the human body to get energy from food. Capiche? What I wasn’t aware of when watching this show – that the American government over the past 5 years has been trying to persuade food manufactures to show more information on their food labels as to the “percentage” of sugar – just like it shows for Fats, Salt. “ In the USA, there are no government recommended limits for sugar but the American Heart Association recommends 9 teaspoons (45 ml) for men, 6 (30) for women. Meanwhile, USA lawmakers are trying to make information on sugar consumption clearer. ” To me – this makes sense – if you want to have a more informed population of what they are putting into their guts. As we diabetics all know – especially those of us who match our insulin injections to our food intake – we scrutinize the food label like it’s a mystery novel! Or at least I know I do. So, would looking at the percentage of sugar on the product you’re about to purchase make a difference to you? Or would it just be another time consuming factor in your grocery isle experience?
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