The Experiment
The main person who conducts the sugar experiment.
Who is Damon Gameau?
The part of the brain that sugar stimulates.
What is dopamine?
T/F - Fruit juice can contain the same amount of sugar as soda.
What is true?
The amount of teaspoons of sugar Damon consumed each day during this experiment.
What is 40 teaspoons?
Type of sugar most commonly added to processed foods.
What is fructose?
Type of yogurt that is seen as "healthy" but full of processed sugar.
What is low-fat yogurt?
The number of days Damon's experiment lasts.
What is 60 days?
Two physical effects Damon experiences from too much sugar.
What is weight gain and mood swings? (Fatigue and mental fog also work.)
Name an example of a "healthy" food that secretly contains a lot of sugar.
What is cereal, granola bars, or fruit juice?
Types of foods Damon ate during this experiment.
What are "healthy" foods that contain hidden sugars? (yogurt, cereal, juices, etc.)
Among of sugar the average adult male should consume each day.
What is 9 teaspoons? (or 36 grams.)
What are added sugars?
Occurs to Damons liver after only a few weeks.
What is fatty liver disease? (liver cells are dying.)
Name one long term disease linked to excessive sugar consumption.
What is type 2 diabetes, obesity, heart disease, or fatty liver disease?
"Low-fat" products secretly contain a lot of...