Reflection 5-B: Sweet Nothing—On Sugar Detoxing

Note: For Reflection 5, do only 5-A or 5-B, not both.

Unfortunately, the American obsession with sugar has come due. From obesity to diabetes to cancer, sugar is the culprit in a number of our ailments. The challenge for health-conscious Americans, however, isn't simply to avoid ice cream and cookies. The real challenge is that sugar is so pervasive in our foods. In fact, a number of everyday foods, ranging from juice to yogurt, contain surprising amounts of sugar. Thus, the process of eliminating sugar from our diets can feel less like eating better and more like detoxifying from a harmful drug. For this reflection, avoid sugar for three full days. As you do so, consider what urges you must fight. What are the hardest foods to avoid? And what does going without sugar reveal about your everyday diet?

Include at least two of the following articles in your discussion:

• "Ten Things You Don’t Know about Sugar (and What You Don’t Know Could Hurt You)" (Huffington Post)
• "Is Sugar Really Toxic? Sifting through the Evidence" (Scientific American)
• "Dr. Fuhrman's Three-Day Sugar Detox" (The Dr. Oz Show)
• "Your Easy Guide to the Sugar Detox Diet" (Shape)
• "How to do a Sugar Detox (Without Going Crazy)" (DailyBurn)
• "In Defense of Sugar" (Eater) 

Required:

• MLA Style
• 1.5 pages in length
• Works cited page

Due: We 4.12