Sophie Tacheci
The Effect of Health problems caused by the amount of Sugar on the Drosophila
Sugar intake has increased drastically since the 1820’s, causing over 78 ailments such as raised insulin levels, rising rates of obesity, heart disease and diabetes. Sugar intake per person during the 1820’s was about five pounds per year. Today the average sugar intake is about one hundred pounds per year, or about 119 grams per day. Obesity can cause Cancer, Osteoarthritis and even sleep disorder. Doctors agree from the Obesity Society that obese people are at greater risk of chronic disease compared to normal-weight individuals. There have also been studies that people …show more content…
Carson C. Chow is a mathematician working with Kevin Hall to find an equation of what you eat and do and how it will lead to obesity. Robert Lustig is a UCSF pediatric neuroendocrinologist. He says that sucrose and High-fructose corn syrup are poisonous to us. Robert Lustig states that High-fructose corn syrup is worse than the sucrose. Sucrose is table-sugar, while High-fructose corn syrup is what you put in soft drinks. William Dufty attended the Wayne State University in Detroit. Dufty wrote Sugar Blues in 1975. Dufty studied a case where sailors where shipwrecked and had nothing except sugar and water. Dufty studied a case by giving one group of dogs only water and another sugar with water, the conclusion stated that it is better to drink only water than sugar and water alone, this meant that the sugar was actually making it worse, meaning that the sailors would have survived longer if they only had water. The life span of a Drosophila fly is about 30 days (Harold, 2012) (Harold, 2012) Drosophila are small and easily handled, use up little space and equipment, and have a short lifespan. These fruit flies are similar to human since they share many human disease genes, cellular process, brain cell development, and behaviors. So it’s easy to see the effect of the Drosophila on the sugar …show more content…
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