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i will attach the prompt paper and i already do have 6 pages of the paper written on sugar and how it affects us, so you can either use that and just continue or just start a new one. it really is up to you as long as you do as the prompt asks, meet the page limit and the deadline.
The body of your paper should cover the following sections:
--A background of the problem. This should be about 3-5 pages and explain to your audience why this phenomenon should be considered socially problematic and worthy of our attention and concern. You will support this explanation with your research and provide the relevant background information necessary to understand the extent of the problem.
For example, if you are researching wealth inequality, how do we know that it is an actual problem? How unequal is wealth distribution? At what point in history did wealth inequality begin to increase, and what are some of the explanations for that? Again, support all of your assertions with credible research.
--A rhetorical analysis of how this problem is presented in various forms of media. This section should comprise at least 5 pages of your paper.
Following the previous example, how is wealth inequality presented on FOX news? CNN? How is it presented in other major media outlets or in popular culture? In alternative media? You cannot provide an exhaustive account, but at least compare how the topic is discussed by 2-4 different sources. Identify the claims advanced in each source and the evidence they provide to support their claims, and then evaluate how their claims relate to issues of purpose and audience.
--A review of solutions to your selected social problem. What are they, by whom are they proposed, and what is the likelihood that these solutions will actually help? Be critical in your assessment of these proposed solutions, and support your critique with research.
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😃 Here's. The paper. This wasn't a short paper at all.
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Luke Basim
Ms. Kamil
English 8C
Period: 05
27 March 2015
Sugar
Introduction
It is a basic fact that Americans love sugar. Foods filled with processed sugar have
become the staple foods in America resulting in major health issues such as diabetes, obesity and
heart diseases. This has not always been the case in the earlier years. This is a feeding habit that
was developed by the food processing industries themselves while capitalizing on creating a
larger market for themselves, a fact that was well highlighted by Abbot book titled
“Sugar: A Bittersweet History ” (2008). Over the years the food processing industries learned
that sugar can be as addictive as any other drug such as cocaine and with that secret of trade, the
industry has continually manufactured the sweetest foods to lure the unsuspecting consumers
into a sugar crazed frenzy. With time people have gotten used to the sweetness and thus have
increased the craving for sweet foods which has eventually brought a health menace that most
certainly will soon become a national disaster.
Sugar consumption is one of the major factors that can cause health problems in
consumers. The number one health problem that is caused by sugar include heart diseases,
followed by type II diabetes. The purpose of this paper is, therefore, to explore the issue of sugar
consumption, its addiction for many in the American society and the health hazards that such an
unsuspecting thing as sugar is causing. It will commence by stating the origins of the sugar craze
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and look at how the general public became addicted to consuming such a potent item. It will also
highlight how the media has presented the subject matter and finally culminate by looking at
possible solutions to fighting the danger that an addiction to sugar can cause.
Origins of the Sugar Addiction
It is difficult to imagine that there was a time that sugar wasn't a familiar occurrence in
people's meals as it is today. Its origins having occurred in five phases and are traceable as far
back as 8,000 BC during the Gupta dynasty in India. The first phase involved the extraction of
the juice from the sugar canes which was possible because of the domestication of the sugarcane
plant by countries that now make up Southeast Asia. The specific dates that this first phase
occurred remain unknown but estimates putting it during 8,000 BC (Deerr, Noel, et al, 1950).
This phase started with the initial subsistence domestication of sugarcane plant in New Guinea at
around 8,000 BC and later its larger cultivation in China. It wasn't until the first century AD that
extraction and purifying methods were invented in India leading to the invention of the
granulated crystals. It later spread to the Mediterranean where the Arabs guaranteed its spread by
having it with them as they discovered new lands. It later on spread to Portugal and Spain during
the fifteen Century and in 1493, Christopher Columbus ensured its exposure into the New World
by carrying sugarcane seedlings to the territories he was discovering. Culminating in it being
industrialized and ending up in its final packaged form with over 50 different variants.
Ferdman, (2015) notes that Americans in the early 1800s were not obsessed with junk
foods; they could actually eat fresh farm products. There were lesser lifestyle diseases such as
cancer, diabetes, and obesity. However, as the country was getting into war especially in the
early 1900s, most people got a need to conserve food which greatly led to the production of
processed foods especially that which could be carried by the soldiers. In the mid-1960s marked
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a time when American companies started selling sweeter processed foods in order to sell more
products. With time each and every company was coming up with new methods of sweetening
their products, adding sandwiches and sugar filled additives. With time the companies noted that
there was something about sweet foods (Abbott, 21)
The consequence of the push by conglomerates to market sugar filled foods has led to the
onslaught of various health complications. Currently, the data provided by the World Health
Organization indicates that Americans have the highest levels of obese cases in the world. In the
state of New York, most people who form the average population take in at least one hundred
and twenty-six (126) g of sugar for each 18 hours in a day. This is estimated to be higher than the
sugar in at least twelve ounces Coca-Cola cans. On average this is estimated to be twice the
amount of sugar taken in other fifty-four countries all over the world.
The effect of this is that more and more people have fallen into the trap of life style
disease. There has never been a higher percentage of obese cases as it is at this age. Each average
American has to take a junk food at least once in a day which is too far much above the required
levels of sugar in the body. According to the world health Organization, obesity, cancer, and
diabetes are estimated to be the leading diseases in America. It is this point that has made the
discussion on sugar to be a critical discussion especially at home, schools and the media.
Recently, and in the earlier days, there were a lot of adverts on television advertising all manner
of junks. The position seems to have shifted from this and it is not a wonder to find a discussion
on health and proper lifestyles on each mainstream media. There are now very many healths live
shows teaching people on how to feed on a balanced diet, how to engage in physical exercise and
even how to reduce the craving for sugar based food.
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Ferdman (2015), noted that in other countries there are healthy food recipes that are
passed on from one generation to another. That seems not to be the case in America especially
with the infiltration of sugar based processing companies. It is no longer safe to assume that only
cakes, chocolates, and other sugary foods have high levels of sugar. The common cereal products
that were nutritive have now also been sweetened with sugar such that it is each every food
product that is either accompanied with sugars or fats.
The craze for these foods is also a lifestyle problem and a cultural problem. For each
home you walk into you will find people keep on consuming some junk foods as they watch
television or even a movie. There are so many junk shops acr...