Chewing Sugar . . .

It is no secret that we are no longer eating fresh healthy foods. The economy of sugar is a feat that drives the sweet tooth's of the modern world. We as a people, have no option but to be addicted to the sugary products we eat. How many things, have sugar in it and we do not know of? Sugar is what we do.

Think of how important sugar has been to the world. There have been wars fought over control of land that produce sugar. Generally speaking, there have been many politics on sugar. For example, in colonial times the habit of dieing sugar to be white in color was developed. Bleaching food is not good for you. People believed that making a cosmetic change to the sugar would separate them from the evils done in making the product.



The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene of New York City is now trying a campaign to eliminate the use of sugar sweetened beverages. Today, a sugar is not only a part of the drinks and the foods we eat, but moreover, they are the basis of it. Their message is that we are drinking ourselves fat. It ties on to the themes of good health that have been a part of the media in this past decade. We as a people are now being slowly weened into feeling guilty about being overweight in certain parts of the media.

The campaign though may not be completely accurate. Moderation is the key to good health. A person who is healthy for example would live an active lifestyle that would ideally incorporate a well rounded diet. Health is like beauty, it is in the eye of the beholder. There is no standard with which to measure what is healthy, however there is a model for healthy person. The model is as follows, semi-athletic fit person who lives a balanced lifestyle (which in itself, completely inaccurate).



This report does a good job in at least delivering the other side to this debate. The anti-thesis to the debate is the American Beverage Association who does have a point. The video is not completely accurate.

There is one idea that is not spoke about. Generally, we do not eat food that is fresh. Fact, the food that sits in most stores in the city was not grown locally or full of nutrition. Why? Food that is sold in convenience stores in one word convenient. The convenience of food and healthy foods do not run parallel of one another. In order to achieve a greater food world, we as a people should try and make those ends meet.