What I know, or have heard about sugar.
What are the sources that provide us with information?
What themes/messages do you expect to see?
Predict: What will happen to Damon after his 60 day experiment?
Glucose
Complex Carbohydrate
What could explain why some foods raise blood sugar faster than others?
Evaluating Nutrition Facts
Current
Future (2018)
What changes do you notice?
How to complete your table:
- calculate tsp per serving by dividing the grams of sugar per serving by 4
- see board for example
- see board for example
- serving size in grams can be found on Nutrition Facts (serving size 43 g)
- amount of sugar per 100g can be found by setting up a proportion
- for types of sugar look to ingredients on label
13g Sugar
43g Oatmeal
X g Sugar
100g Oatmeal
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What are some things you find interesting about this data?
Supposedly
Metabolism Works Like a Balance
energy in
energy out
- a calorie is a calorie
- just balance calories in with calories out
- calories are all that matter
Our Metabolism Works More Like a Drain
Supposedly
Metabolism Works Like a Balance
energy in
energy out
- a calorie is a calorie
- just balance calories in with calories out
- calories are all that matter
Balancing Calories is Difficult
We are generally told that in order to control our weight we need to balance our calories by eating less and exercising more.
Eating Less
(tell your body there is no food)
- metabolism goes down to conserve energy
- physical activity decreases to conserve energy
- muscles is burned for fuel
Exercise More
(tell your body there is no food)
- body extracts more calories from food
- metabolism goes down to conserve energy
- hunger increases to acquire energy