Title: Sugar warning for 'healthy' soft drinks.
Subject: Estimating the amount of sugar in drinks.
Web Address: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17731052
Date: April 16
Author: Unknown
Summary:
A research by Glasgow University shows that people
overestimate the amount of sugar in certain drinks. Because these drinks are
considered healthy, such as fruit drinks and smoothies, people think they do
not contain a lot of sugar. When asked to estimate the amount of sugar in these
drinks they were of by multiple teaspoons. The problem is that this way people
consume a lot more sugar than they think. Prof Naveed Sattar explains that this
is a problem for people who are on a diet, people who are obese or at risk of
becoming obese. For these people it would be sensible to replace these sugary
drinks with water or diet drinks.
Reaction:
When you are on a diet it is obviously important to
watch what you eat and drink. However, I feel like people are focusing too much
on calorie intake and the amount of sugar in food and drinks. Your body needs
certain vitamins. Just because fruit drinks have more sugar content than you
would think does not mean they are not healthy. I do not think that this is the
reason people are obese. It might be useful for people who are very overweight
to watch their sugar intake through drinks, but I also believe that for most
people a glass of apple juice will not do any harm.
I agree that these drinks are not harmful or the reason people are obese. It is all in the choices you make. Yes, there are fruit drinks with insane amounts of sugar but there are enough natural fruit drinks that do not contain as much.
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