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Module 3 Discussion 8

Module 3 Discussion 8

Q Carbohydrates and disease: In your previous discussion post, you learned about hidden sugars and the various names sugars are disguised. You also looked into your own food environment and identified some hidden sugars. Now it is time to think about how the typical American diet, which is high in refined sugars is negative impacting our health. In these next videos I want to you to focus on the role of glucose, insulin, and nutrition-related disease because this information you can use in your Diet Project Part 3. What to do: Watch all the videos (3) from Dr Lustig: Video 1: Sickeningly Sweet. Video 2: Hunger and Hormones - A Vicious Cycle. Video 3: A sweet addiction. Useful Canvas Help pages on; How do I reply to a discussion as a student? (Links to an external site.) How do I view the rubric for my graded discussion? In your initial post, answer the following questions (number your responses based on the questions); 1. Given all the information you have obtained from this Module on the impact of sugar, how do you feel after all this information? What questions do you still have? Post a question to your peers. 2. What are the hormones Dr Lustig is referring to in his "Hunger and Hormones" Video and what do you think he means by a 'vicious cycle'? 3. After watching Dr. Lustig's video "A Sweet Addition" how does this change your understanding of an individual ability to regulate weight gain? How does the human body throw a wrench in an individuals desire to lose weight? Provide an "ah-ha" moment. Discussion Directions: In your initial post, conclude your post by signing your name. When you reply to your classmates, please type the name of the classmate you are responding to, type your thoughtful message to that person, and type your name at the bottom of the message. Make sure to use proper grammar, capitalization, (I instead of i) and punctuation in this college level course in all correspondence. Please avoid “text” or “twitter speak” when corresponding. Summary: *Your classmates responses will not be visible to you until you have submitted your own initial post. Grading: This assignment is worth 20 points. Grading will be based on how well you included information from your textbook reading timely responses, well-developed, how you engaged your classmates, thoughtful toward getting to know your classmates, and "ah-ha" moments.

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1. Learning from the video, it is evident that refined sugars have a tremendous impact on metabolism. According to video number one, calories intake increased by 8% and by 727% with diabetes. At first, I was shocked by the numbers and didn't understand how it can be true, but later when he explained what kind of calories it was when he said sugar, I finally got it. After learning about fructose and all the related diseases that are linked to it. Diseases like liver fat, insulin resistance, weight gain, high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer, dementia, diabetes. I realized that with all my sweets craving and sweets consumption, I pose a higher risk to develop some of these scary diseases in the future.