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MOVIE REVIEWName: ________________________________________________________________Year and Section: _______________________________________________________I. Direction: Answer the following questions by providing specific examples based on thedocumentary film, That Sugar Film (2014) by Damon Garneau...

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John David Diaz Name: ________________________________________________________________ BSENTOUMN 2-11 Year and Section: _______________________________________________________

I. Direction: Answer the following questions by providing specific examples based on the documentary film, That Sugar Film (2014) by Damon Garneau. 1. Discuss your ideas on how overproduction and overconsumption of sugar-based products potentially prevents human from achieving eudaimonia? Give at least five ideas to explain.

So via this documentary I learned that we eat tons of sugar in a day without even realizing we eat sugar! I mean TONS of sugar! The Food industry, in an attempt to attract customers, pay a high price to find the perfect taste where sugar is just right for the majority.The majority of the population consumes, unknowingly, approximately 26 spoons of sugar in the various forms in an entire day – that is approximately 4000 grams or 40 kg per year! Bruce Bradley, former Food Industry Executive, confirms that without sugar or supplements, no food industry can survive. In accordance with Dr. Howard Markowitz, a.k.a. Dr. Bliss, sugar drives taste in edible products and the competition remains successful due to the perfect amount of sugar in demand. It’s apparent that since we eat sugar all day long, we do become somewhat immune to it’s flavor and over a period have grown accustomed to sugar in our daily routine. Sugar breaks down into two simpler sugars: Fructose and Glucose. Glucose is something found in all cells and is produced by humans when not consumed. It spreads out through the body feeding muscles and brain. Fructose, on the other hand, is not needed nor produced in great quantity by the human body. Additionally, fructose is only broken down in the liver. For people who are inactive and eat a Western diet, large amounts of fructose from added sugars get turned into fat in the liver. And it is in the liver that all kinds of metabolic diseases begin.

2. Is there a need for industries to regulate the production of sugar-based products and for consumers to reduce their consumption if they are to journey toward the good life together?

Yes, there may be a need but companies have a duty to stockholders to be profitable that takes precedence. Sugar is subsidized by the government due to industry lobbying so there is little chance the government will take a strong position against sugar. The government will advance platitudes like “reduce consumption of sweetened beverages” but that’s as far as they go. Sugar is used to make products more palatable to consumers and stimulate endomorphs in the brain which increases consumption and profitability. Because industry and government will not do anything about sugar consumption it falls on the consumer to be better informed and purchase products with less or no sugar. Only this will get companies to alter the sugar content of their products.

II. Based on the given school of thought (stoicism, hedonism, humanism, theism, materialism), which best describes you, as your way to achieve a happy and good life? Hedonism, as I may say would best describe me as my way to a happy and good life. Relaxing on the sofa or savoring a delicious meal: Enjoying short-term pleasurable activities that don't lead to long-term goals contributes at least as much to a happy life as self-control, according to new research from the University of Zurich and Radboud University in the Netherlands. The researchers therefore argue for a greater appreciation of hedonism in psychology. We all set ourselves long-term goals from time to time, such as finally getting into shape, eating less sugar or learning a foreign language. Research has devoted much time to finding out how we can reach these goals more effectively. The prevailing view is that self-control helps us prioritize long-term goals over momentary pleasure and that if you are good at self-control, this will usually result in a happier and more successful life....