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?

Most diseases are closely related to how the patients eat. Being addicted to

sugar

is deemed a contributing factor to obesity. It is claimed that putting a higher

sugar

tax is an effective way to fight against it.

However

, in the following essay, I would elaborate on the reason why I disagree with

this

way of reducing carbohydrates.

To begin

with, it can cause serious fluctuations in food prices. Raising the price of

sugar

can impact many relevant products

such

as cakes or beverages because it is a fundamental substance to many foods.

For instance

, many food stands in Taiwan provide their customers with drinks as a side dish, if the price is raised, they must

also

lift the price of every meal to sustain the service. Another reason that reducing carbohydrate consumption by tax can be detrimental is its ineffectiveness. Though

sugar

can be one of the factors that lead to unhealthy body shapes, excessive consumption of oil or salt can

also

lead to health issues.

For example

, some diets might ask people to consume more oily foods

instead

of sugary ones, claiming that

this

can help with lowering blood

sugar

.

Nevertheless

, though blood

sugar

can be reduced to some degree, the patients may still suffer from obesity

due to

imbalanced diets.

In other words

, Reducing sweet foods is not the only key to resolving health problems. In conclusion,

although

consuming too many sweets can be the major factor that causes obesity, the way of raising

sugar

prices is far more impractical and might lead to a severe impact on food prices as a whole.