介绍:
The World Health Organization has recently proposed a cut in its recommendation for how much sugar we should have. They now say that it should be less than 5% of our calorie intake. A calorie is a unit that measures how much energy you get from food, and calorie intake is how many calories we eat in a period of time – say a day, for example. But you know, life can be sweet even with less sugar.
Well, first of all, let me ask you a question. Which country has the highest sugar consumption?
a)China
b)India
c)The United States
we’ll have the answer at the end of the programme! So listen carefully!
Health experts are looking for ways to make us eat less of it.We all know that too much sugar can cause not only obesity but also tooth decay – this destroys the hard surface of your teeth and exposes more sensitive parts. It can be very painful. You might enjoy eating sweets but nobody likes toothache – that’s what we call the pain in your teeth. And experts say we should always brush our teeth after eating sugary food.
You know, We get used to sugar in childhood. And it seems that the more sugar we eat, the more we want. But if we get used to eating things which are less sweet, after a while when we eat something very sweet, it doesn’t taste so good. Do you understand what I mean? So It’s a matter of habit. We don’t need so much sugar to enjoy the sweet taste。
If you say, oh no Ashley, I really like sweet foods! Actually, that is called sweet tooth, yeah, like me as well – a strong preference for sweet food. Well, people with a sweet tooth should be careful or they might end up with toothache.
Do you remember at the beginning of our show, I asked you which country has the highest sugar consumption. The correct answer is actually India. According to a report issued by the US Department of Agriculture in 2012, India was the country with the highest consumption of sugar. Did you get it right?
