SUGAR: THE DRUG CORPORATIONS SELL

CALVIN WILBER // STAFF

Schools are supposed to provide a healthy selection of foods to help the growing bodies and minds of America’s future. Unfortunately there is a darker side to these meals. In fact, some may argue that school meals are the gateway drug bringing future Americans into one of the biggest drug rings around, the Sugar Industry.

America has a history of being controlled by corporations and the citizens having to fight for any policy that isn’t in the corporations’ favor, and the sugar industry is part of this history. Sugar has been shoved down our throats since the 50s and we the people are going to have to put up a big fight, and overcome our addiction, if we want to stop it.

In the 50s there was a movement against putting fat in food products because fat was linked with heart problems. Food companies needed something to put in the food to give it appealing flavors the same way fat did. So it is no surprise they started using sugar, which is as addictive as cocaine. These companies avoided the 1965 Fair Packaging and Labelling Act by using several different names for sugar; like glucose, sucrose, evaporated cane juice, and many other pseudonyms that are vague and misleading to say the least. The companies also started putting the label “all natural” on their products because, technically, the sugar is natural.

The sugar companies have something working in their favor besides the propaganda and jargon: our bodies. Sugar feeds one of the yeasts that live in our bodies known as Candida. Small amounts of Candida is harmless, but when constantly fed with sugar from all the products we eat on a daily basis, it can grow and become a real problem. This is known as Candidiasis. Candidiasis causes many health problems that alone are awful, but it also makes you crave more sugar. Candidiasis is a dream come true for the sugar companies because they don’t even need to advertise; our brainwashed bodies do it for them. It is estimated that 90% of America has problems relating to Candida overgrowth, and many just don’t know it.

Unfortunately, it is unlikely in the American system that enough change can be made by the government to fight these sugar companies, so we as a people must become more informed and live healthier lives. Fight the sugar.