Sugar intake is harmful to the human body. Some are of the view that it is the duty of the Government to regulate the consumption of sugar. While others believe that there should be self-control among people. This essay believes that people should take their health to live a healthy life.
To start with, too much intake of sugar can be detrimental to one's health the more reason why people should see it as their major role. In other words, regular intake of sugar can increase the risk of some health-related diseases such as heart problems, diabetes and unnecessary weight gain to mention a few. A study by the Ministry of health in the UK of over 50, 000 people found that those who consumed 17-20% calories from added sugar had a 38% greater risk of dying from heart diseases compared to those consuming only 5% calories from added sugar. Therefore, it can be deduced that it is self-effort that can be done by people rather than the Government.
Another point to consider is that taking more sweetening like contain sugar can make people develop covetousness. This means that they will be greedy and can go at any length to consume it even if they don't have money to buy it. Such an attitude might lead people to involve in shady habits such as stealing and lying. This can be exemplified in the altitude of little nephew Tunde that is used to be given chocolate to school by his parent, however, due to the economic situation he can't afford to give him chocolate to school and this makes him steal from his classmates.
To conclude, regulating sugar intake should not be the duty of the state, it is an individual effort of the people to take control of what they eat in order to stay healthy.
Sugar
intake
is harmful to the human body.
Some
are of the view that it is the duty of the
Government
to regulate the consumption of
sugar
.
While
others believe that there should be self-control among
people
. This essay believes that
people
should take their health to
live
a healthy life.
To
start
with, too much
intake
of
sugar
can be detrimental to one's health the more reason why
people
should
see
it as their major role.
In other words
, regular
intake
of
sugar
can increase the
risk
of
some
health-related diseases such as heart problems, diabetes and unnecessary weight gain to mention a few. A study by the Ministry of health in the UK of over 50, 000
people
found that those who consumed 17-20% calories from
added
sugar
had a 38% greater
risk
of dying from heart diseases compared to those consuming
only
5% calories from
added
sugar
.
Therefore
, it can
be deduced
that it is self-effort that can
be done
by
people
rather
than the
Government
.
Another point to consider is that taking more sweetening like contain
sugar
can
make
people
develop covetousness. This means that they will be greedy and can go at any length to consume it even if they don't have money to
buy
it. Such an attitude might lead
people
to involve in shady habits such as stealing and lying. This can
be exemplified
in the altitude of
little
nephew
Tunde
that is
used
to be
given
chocolate to school by his parent,
however
, due to the economic situation he can't afford to give him chocolate to school and this
makes
him steal from his classmates.
To conclude
, regulating
sugar
intake
should not be the duty of the state, it is an individual effort of the
people
to take control of what they eat in order to stay healthy.