Meaghan T.

Caution Around Candy!

Introduction…

Did you know that a few bites of candy can be extremely harmful to your body?Candies such as M&Ms and Twizzlers have red dye(40) within them and red dye(40) is scientifically proven that it is cancerous.Adding on,eating too much candy can lead to type 2 diabetes.Type 2 diabetes is caused from weight gain and weight gain can be caused by candy,therefore,eating too much candy can cause weight gain which can lead to type 2 diabetes.

From the unhealthy content to the horrid manufacturing issues, there are many reasons Hershey's and Mars companies should discontinue their candy.

You Will Never Eat Candy Again...

One good reason Hershey's and Mars companies should discontinue their candy is because of the extremely unhealthy content.

First of all, Hershey's and Mars companies candies’ have 0 vitamins, as you can see from the label. The importance of this is that if children eat only candy for lunch or any other meal, the poor kid will get no vitamins at all from the candy.Consequently,the child will be really hungry later because sugar just spikes your energy while on the other hand, a healthy eating choice such as an apple or banana would keep you going throughout the day for hours.

Adding on, eating too much candy can lead to type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is caused from weight gain and weight gain can be caused by candy, therefore, eating too much candy can cause weight gain, which  leads to the consequence, type 2 diabetes.  

One thing Twizzlers does is frightening.Twizzlers have very low fat right? When they have low fat the make up for it with sugar.Four pieces of Twizzlers have 19 g of sugar. But that is not even close to the amount of sugar that M&Ms has. M&Ms have 30 g of sugar!

Additionally, some of their candies such as Twizzlers and M&Ms have red dye(40)which can lead to cancer-as I heard from the article-”Food dyes -a rainbow of risks written by Sarah Kobylewski, a Ph.D.candidate in the Molecular Toxicology Program at the University of California. Can you imagine…a few kids with cancer because of all the nasty red dye?

Again on the unhealthy side-only 10 pieces of M&Ms have 0.9 g of saturated fat in them.The importance of this is that saturated fat is one of the worst fats that are out there.

Adding on, ALL of the candies are made with artificial flavors. In other words,the candy is made with FAKE flavoring,not real fruit extracts .

I also think you will agree with this quote from Teen Vogue- ”Your Halloween candy is basically poison.”

I Never Knew...

Another good reason Hershey’s and Mars companies should discontinue their candy is because they have manufacturing issues such as Child Labor plus bad wrappers for the environment.

Did you know some of their candies were made from child slaves? To add on, those child slaves are beaten even if they get enough cocoa beans to make your chocolate bar. “The beatings were a part of my life,” says Aly Diabata, one of the former child laborers. “I had seen others who tried to escape. When they tried,they were severely beaten.”

Also the wrappers that the candy factories produce are extremely bad for the environment. You might see on Halloween night, kids (and adults) produce outrageous amounts of litter onto the streets, and 99% are candy wrappers that you ate and did not even bother to throw out into the nearest trash can. Ever think of that? I have even saw kids throw their wrappers at moving cars/trucks and their parents didn’t even bother to correct their kids!

Cough Sneeze Sneeze...

The final reason Hershey’s/Mars companies should discontinue their terrible candy is that many people are allergic to ingredients that might be within your candy.

You know how the M&M company makes peanut M&Ms too? The importance of this is, that maybe regular M&M’s contain traces of nuts inside them,which can cause a severe allergic reaction to people who are allergic to peanuts (many people are).

Also, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups contain traces of milk (a dairy product). As you can see from the horrifying label.     

Conclusion...

Critics like  Miriam Vos, Assistant Professor at Emory University School of Medicine, argue that sugar is an important part of our lives.While that might be true, no one I know wants a fat,obese body that came from candy with added sugar, like M&Ms, Reese's and many more sugar-loaded candies. Even if you or other friends love the sugary taste of candy, next time,if their is a next time,I would not consider buying candy or putting it an inch NEAR my mouth. So next time, I hope you remember what would happen if you ate Twizzlers or M&Ms and get cancer from the nasty red (40). I hope that you do not get type 2 diabetes from eating to much candy. And I certainly, certainly hope you do not get a fat obese body from eating to much added sugar that is lurking around inside of the sweet substance you call “heaven.”