Week 3 Reports

Rachel: what are some health issues that can be caused by eating too much sugar?
1.Diabetes. If you eat too much sugar, it can effect your pancreas where insulin is made and cause an imbalance which can lea to diabetes.
2.Sugar effects your immune system and weakens it.
3. Obesity- Carbohydrates are turned into sugar in your body and provide energy. If you eat more carbohydrates than your activity level needs, you never get to burn fat because it always has the easier to use and readily available energy from carbohydrates.

Mikael: what are simple sugars and how can they effect our bodies?
Simple sugars are found in candy. If we eat too much, we can get sick.

Grant: how does too much sugar effect our blood?
If we eat a lot of sugar then Te sugar in our blood goes up and down and up and down lower, and if it get's to low, then it's bad for our body.

David: what is sugar and how is it made?
Watch this video:
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=MIgavNuBRRA&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DMIgavNuBRRA

Week 2 Research Reports

carbohydrates:
Carbohydrates are in many foods. Some people have allergies to them like a sister in our ward. They are often referred to as "carbs". Carbohydrates give us energy and help us live. I've noticed that almost every cereal I have had includes carbohydrates as does bread, syrup, honey, and yogurt. They are found in fruits, veggies, beans, and grains.
When we eat them, they go to one of 3 places in our body. First they go to the liver or muscles. If those are full, then they are transformed into fat that ends up either in our bloodstream, our bellies, bums, etc., or worst, around our organs.
There are 2 types of carbohydrates. The first is bad, or simple carbohydrates. These are things like sugar and refined foods. They have no nutrients or energy for our body.
The second is good or complex carbohydrates. These are things like fruits, vegetables and whole grains. They have nutrients and energy and give our bodies stuff that they need.
Rachel.

Week One Research Reports

Hey Grandkids!  Here is where you post your first research project! I am soo excited to read all about what you have learned this week!