[CUFS_시사영어 2_Essay] 설탕 섭취 관련

My argument: It is not only our fault that we often get to take in more added sugar than the suggested amount.

It is not that difficult to see health experts or news warning how badly added sugar affects our health and give us some advice on eating less. But such tips often make me wonder why it is the ordinary people who are to be blamed for the great amount of sugar intake. So here are some reasons for the other factors of what really drives us to take in much sugar.

First, with putting in an over amount of added sugar, the food industry has long been inducing us to prefer sugary tastes which can be addictive. Had been for any measure that strictly supervise the industry to keep the right amount, people could not have been hard-wired to crave sweet tastes at the first place.

Second, popular recipes from some TV cooking shows usually tell us to use some sugar in making so-called “their own secret sauce”. This definitely helps us believe that sugar plays an important role in making tasty food.

Lastly, increased sugar consumption can be attributable to Korean culture of “a dinner after work” because of people’s fancy going to restaurants where they can eat foods cooked with a lot of sugar and salt that go well with alcohol drinks, which is absolutely unhealthy.

For these reasons, I argue that both the public and the health officials should spare no efforts to first address the problems I mentioned above. (총 255단어)