영어회화 - Unsweetened Truth (artificial sweeteners)

Expression : Have a sweet tooth

I have/don't have sweet tooth.

> to like/dislike sweet or sugary foods.

 

If you have sweet tooth, you like sweet or sugary foods such as cakes, desserts, cookies things like that.

 

Q. What is your favorite dessert?

I have a quite big sweet tooth.

My sweet tooth is quite strong.

 

I usually drink sweet latte in the mornig.

because myblood sugar levels felt low. (= I needed a sugar rush.)

My body needed some sugar.

 

Q.Where is your favorite place to get dessert?

I usually go to a different cafe everyday.

I would like to recommend that place to you.

That's not far from here.

 

Q. Do you often use artificial sweeteners?

He is pre-diabetic.

He buys and consumes one box of zero-sugar soda.

Zero-sugar drinks have become popular in the beverage industry these days.

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The World Health Organization(WHO) recently came out with a report warning people not to rely on artificial sweeteners as a way to control their weight or prevent chronic diseases associated with excess sugar intake.

artificial sweeteners 인공감미료

chronic diseases 만성 질환

intake 섭취

 

Even with savory food, makers have developed a habit of throwing in a little sugar just for the heck of it.

savory 맛좋은, 풍미있는

just for the heck of it = for no good reason; just for fun

 ex) I went to Busan today just for the heck of it.

 

People who have developed a sweet tooth might understand the health risks and want to cut back, but somtimes that's easier said than done.

easier said than done : simple to describe but hard to accomplish

in theory it's easy but in practice it's not. it's easier said than done.

 

What a tall order this is.

a tall order : unrealistic, diffult to achieve. very diffult task.

 ex) It wil be a tall order to complete this project on time.

 

The quality of these products has improved over the years.

 

There has been little to no evidence that artificial sweeteners have dangerous side effects(부작용).

증거가 없거나 매우 적다

 

Replacing added sugar with artificial sweeteners doen't seem to help us get chronic health problems such as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease under control.

억제하다, 제어하다, 관리하다

This is a bit of a mystery, since the absence of calories in these sweeteners should logically have a beneficial affect.

 

Whatever the reason, it goes to show how complicated the human body is.As frustrating as it may be, our bodies seem to remember a time in human history when starvation was a much more immediate danger than problems such as diabetes or heart disease.비록 좌절스러울 수 있지만,

As such, we are programmed with an enraging tendency to store a little excess weight, and getting rid of it continues to be a challenge.

As such = For these reason / Because of these / due to this

enraging 격분하게 하는, causing intense anger or frustration(불만, 좌절감)