Many manufactured food and drink products contain high levels of sugar, which causes many health problems. Sugary products should be made more expensive to encourage people to consume less sugar. Do you agree or disagree?
Today, almost everyone yearns to consume a sugary meal or drink.
However
, this
brings with it more undesirable effects on human health than good. Therefore
, because sweetened products
have substantial amounts of sugar
to the extent that it negatively alters health, they should be sold at higher prices
in order to discourage people
from eating them. Personally, I concur with this
notion. In this
essay, I will highlight the reasons why this
is my view.
To begin
with, sugary food and drinks increase the risk of a person suffering from decaying teeth. To put this
in perspective, when one consumes high levels of sugar
even just once, he is prone to bacterial invasion in the mouth and to the eventual tooth problem. Take, for instance
, a study conducted by the ministry of health in Malawi on the effects of sugary products
on teeth, it was proved that the likelihood of one suffering from tooth illnesses increased to 90 per cent. This
can only be avoided if such
products
' prices
are hicked in order to deter people
from consuming them.
Additionally
, once the high-level sugar
content products
have their prices
raised, it will help lessen the growing rate of malnutrition among many. In other words
, due to the fact that sugar
gives energy to people
for longer periods than any other, people
are less likely to eat another meal for a prolonged period hence
resulting in long hours of starvation. For example
, if a person eats high sugar
content foods
, he will be energetic for the next
6 hours thus
the eventual starvation and the resulting malnutrition. Henceforth, if such
products
were made expensive, people
will be able to have frequent meals from other sources of energy-giving foods
. This
is why I strongly agree with the urge to increase the prices
of high sugar
level foods
.
In conclusion, whether people
derive more energy from high sugar
level foods
or not, it bears more drawbacks than good which result in mouth disease and people
missing meals. In my opinion, it is the right thing to do in order to preserve many people
's lives.Submitted by rawlingskatongo89 on
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