Sugar and Nutrition

Instructions

InstructionsPart 1Please complete the following steps for your discussion post and response.    Watch the video, Sugar: Hiding in Plain Sight Robert Lustig (estimated time to complete 4:03 minutes). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4CZ81EmAsw&t=5s     After the video, complete the following:o    Briefly discuss your opinion of what you learned from the video or information you could add to the video.o    Reflect on and report on the last meal you consumed before watching this video.o    Determine the approximate amount of sugar ingested with that one meal.    Research a disease process that is linked to increased sugar intake.    Explain the research findings.Part IIIn the response, include the following:    Assume the role of a caregiver.    Educate a patient on foods that are low in sugar content and foods that are high in sugar content.    Explain concepts of balanced meals and appropriate portions, including an explanation of appropriate amounts of sugar.    Assume the patient is at risk for the disease described in the initial post.o    Describe comorbidities that may occur with the disease process.o    Describe steps the patient can take to improve personal nutritional health.Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Answer

Part IThe video is indeed educative on sugar consumption and the foods that enrich our daily diet with high or recommended sugar levels. I have learned from the video that although sugar may be easy to spot in soft drinks, ice cream, or candy, it is often hidden in foods that we may least expect to have high sugar contents. Such foods include pasta sauce, bologna, peanut butter, buttered syrup, cane juice, castor sugar, grape, apple juice concentrates, and dates (TED-Ed, 2014). Although some like grape and apple juice may sound healthy, the levels of sugar content are a high as those of other foods with known high sugar levels, such as biscuits. I have also learned the recommended world health organization (WHO) daily sugar intake, which should be 5% of the caloric intake of 25 mg daily su...
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