General Outline for Final Blog Assignment:
1. START with a story describing your relationship with sugar before you started this journey
2. Why is sugar a problem? (Science – explain metabolic syndrome)
3. Why is it so easy to overconsume sugar? Where is sugar hiding? (talk about ultra-processed foods)
4. Explain the difference between glucose, fructose, and sucrose. How does the body deal with glucose? How does the body deal with fructose?
5. How did you deal with your cravings for sugar?
6. Explain how fructose can influence appetite – Ghrelin and Leptin relationship; How insulin can disrupt this balance.
7. Explain how Dopamine can become downregulated by too much sugar
8. Describe your sugar challenge. Some things to consider:
· How much sugar did you consume in the past?
· How much sugar have you eliminated from your regular diet?
· How did you feel in terms of your energy levels, sleep, mood, etc.?
· Did you see any other changes that you wish to report?
9. What did you learn from this journey that you will continue to implement beyond this semester?
-Journey meaning u started consuming less of sugar
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