Artificial Sweeteners Outline

Breaking the Silence on Artificial Sweeteners

Proposal

Topic: Restricting the use of artificial sweeteners.

Research question: Should companies be allowed to use artificial sweeteners in pre-packaged foods and beverages?

Working thesis statement: Artificial sweeteners should be banned from pre-packaged goods; they can cause health problems and side effects, as well as containing harsh chemicals.

Research plan: In my paper; I am focusing mainly on health issues associated with the use of artificial sweeteners. Considering the genre of my paper and my main focus on health throughout, I plan on exploring a few well known and credible health websites such as Livestrong.com and FitDay.com. I will also use the Google Scholar resources for book reference and credible statistical data.

Outline

INTRODUCTION

A. Artificial sweeteners are unnatural sugar substances added to prepackaged foods and beverages with lower carbohydrate content than natural sugar.

1. Some believe they cause no significant harm to the human body and are a safe low calorie alternative to natural sugar.

2. Others believe they are linked to many health problems including diabetes and obesity due to being hidden in many of the prepackaged foods and beverages we eat.

B. I do not support the use of artificial sweeteners in prepackaged foods.

1. Artificial Sweeteners can affect insulin levels in diabetics, and lower energy levels due to lack of glucose production.

2. Conditions like Crohn’s disease and Irritable Bowel Syndrome are particularly sensitive to artificial sweeteners such as Xylitol; which is a sugar alcohol with noted side effects such as diarrhea.

3. Artificial sweeteners are not as safe as natural sugar. Artificial sweeteners are man-made substances, and processed with chemicals that could prove to be hazardous to your health.

I. Orienting Material

A. People that consume...