The salt the region has an alarmingly high incidence of rotted teeth, and heavy. That sugar film investigates how sugar has infiltrated our diet and culture, what it is doing to our health and how we can develop an arms length relationship with it. Thats still a lot of sugar but lets get our facts straight. Fastpaced, entertaining and informative, docu that sugar film is a cautionary tale about the hidden sugar content in everyday food products, the health problems that high sugar consumption. It is the highest selling beverage in the mountains of kentucky. During her first year in practice in the rural south, citineni she encountered a phenomenon called dew mouth, referring to the popular soft drink mountain dew. Fastpaced, entertaining and informative, that sugar film is a cautionary tale about the hidden sugar content in everyday food products, the health problems that high sugar consumption creates, and the food industrys deliberate efforts to obfuscate the sugar content of various products as well as the ingredients addictive power. Holy cow, i dont usually cringe at movie dental scenes, and i certainly didnt expect a cringeworthy dental scene from the movie that sugar film. Mountain dew created a wedding cake topper for one lucky set of superfans. That sugar film reveals the hidden impact of sugar.
Damon gameau discusses his new movie that sugar film. He heads for barbourville, kentucky, in the appalachian mountains, one of the poorest areas in the usa, where a dentist with a mobile clinic pulls out the teeth of children with what is called in the film mountain dew mouth. The upshot of sugar in everything means that our palates have become habituated to sugarand our palate keeps seeking it out. Your mouth is a battleground many different types of bacteria live in your mouth. That sugar film follows director damon gameau as he embarks on a unique experiment to document the effects of a high sugar diet on a healthy body.
The salt the region has an alarmingly high incidence of rotted teeth, and heavy soda consumption is a big reason why, dentists and health advocates say. However, i found this scene so disturbing i briefly forgot what movie i was watching. The empire strips back at civic theatre in newcastle. Kuttelvaserova stuchelova via shutterstock the tragedy of mountain dew mouth and the u. The thing that shocked me most was the part of the documentary in the usa where they spoke of mountain dew mouth and how some mothers start their babies on soda pop in their bottles. But anyone who likes to regularly say yahoo to a mountain dew might change their mind once they witness the devastating effects of an epidemic outbreak of mountain dew mouththe result of guzzling five or six cans of this sugar and caffeineloaded beverage every dayin a rural kentucky town. He also interviews a young southern man who started drinking mountain dew as a toddler, and in very high quantities, who has to get dentures at 17. This soda has approximately 11 teaspoons of sugar per 12fluid ounce 360 ml serving. That sugar film cave girl new zealand paleo recipes. But at the end of the day you make that movement from your hand to your mouth and you can override all.
That sugar film is a familiar and trite stuntdoc popoptiq. That sugar film is a familiar and trite stuntdoc that sugar film is a familiar and trite stuntdoc. In sweeping away the illusions and clarifying the facts about sugar, the film aims to educate and create long lasting dietary change both in australia and internationally. The film looks at hidden sugar in foods and the effect it can have on the human body. A teen named larry, a dew devotee whose teeth look like they have been drenched in acid, desperately wants to get dentures. In his new release, that sugar film, damon examines the effects of a sugary diet on societies across the globe the epidemic of mountain dew mouth in appalachian communities is particularly sobering, and volunteers his own body up for experimentation. That sugar film is a 2014 australian documentary starring and directed by damon gameau. He bases his daily intake of sugar on the australian daily average 40 teaspoons a day. And this is not including eating icecream, chocolate, confectionery.
Through this entertaining and informative journey, damon highlights some of the issues that plague the sugar industry, and where. Posts about mountain dew mouth written by alisonlangford. Exposing the bitter side of sweet in that sugar film. This soda has approximately 11 teaspoons of sugar per 12fluid ounce 360 ml serving more. That sugar film follows damon as he goes on an average sugar diet.
A problem not uncommon, according to dentist dr edwin smith, who appears in damon gameaus documentary that sugar film. The drink, invented in tennessee and now owned by pepsi, contains 31 teaspoons of sugar per litre. He meets edwin smith in kentucky, who drives around a mobile dentist office to combat mountain dew mouth tooth decay and problems in poorer areas. While its not a ground breaking piece by any means, that sugar film is still a very enjoyable and thought provoking piece of documentary filmmaking that would be a valuable addition to childrens education on the sugar intake effects and also a must see films for all those that might just love there mountain dew a little too much. Mountain dew mouth a one litre bottle of pepsi s mountain dew contains 30% more caffeine than coke and 34 teaspoons of sugar. What hidden sugars are lurking in some health foods. Heres the official trailer for that sugar film do go and see it. Juicing apples some image caption 1 that sugar film. Damon gameau embarks on a unique experiment to document the effects of a high sugar diet on a healthy body, consuming only foods that are commonly perceived as healthy. Sugar drives your hunger making you crave more sugar, decreasing your bodys leptin response a hormone critical for appetite regulation.
In the film dr smith points out that hes seen so many teeth rotted by mountain dew that hes coined the term mountain dew mouth. Mountain dew mouth some image caption 1 that sugar film. That sugar film by damon gameau gives viewers a supersize me look at sugar and the sugar industrys role on our health. Gameau follows in morgan spurlocks footsteps as he embarks on a two month mission to consume forty teaspoons of sugar everyday, roughly the national average in australia, after three years of maintaining a diet that excludes all refined sugars. The fact that sugar is in nearly 80% of the foods we eat, the fact that my calorie count was the same, the effort that the food companies put in to finding our bliss point for sugar, the effect on my moods and of course the sad story about the aboriginal communities of australia and the young kentucky boy with mountain dew mouth and the. Your enjoyment of that sugar film will depend on your. Sugar rots your teeth check out mountain dew mouth as shown in that sugar film. In amata, australia, an aboriginal community believes sugar is killing them through obesity in a town of 350 people, 40,000 litres of soft drinks are consumed every year. Mountain dew mouth is destroying appalachias teeth. In kentucky, gameau met children suffering from mountain dew mouth caused by overindulging in pepsis mountain dew. List of mountain dew flavors and varieties wikipedia. The original formula was invented in 1940 by tennessee beverage bottlers barney and ally hartman.
There was a kentucky teenager in the film who drank mountain dew his entire life and had the most awful looking mouth i have ever seen in my life. In early 2020, it was quietly renamed mountain dew real sugar. I went to see that sugar film last night and i think what you wrote above sums it up superbly. The term mountain dew mouth has been coined for those people that have totally decayed teeth from consuming this beverage since birth.
Mountain dew mouth is a phenomenon associated strictly with the greenish soft drink mountain dew. That sugar film will forever change the way you think about the foods you eat and the hidden sugars lurking nearly everywhere. For those who havent seen the film, it featured a 17yearold boy named larry who was suffering from severe tooth decay due to overconsumption of mountain dew soft drink, which hed been drinking since he was a baby. Mountain dew zero sugar, available in stores january, was developed in response to requests from dews fans. Mountain dew stylized as mtn dew is a carbonated soft drink brand produced and owned by pepsico. A revised formula was created by bill bridgforth in 1958. The rights to this formula were obtained by the tip corporation of marion, virginia. More recently, whats driven home the jerryrigged wiring between mountain dew and appalachia is the use of the phrase mountain dew mouth to.
Mountain dew throwback has since been rereleased for brief periods generally 812 weeks at a time, including a 2nd wave from december 2009 february 2010 and a 3rd wave in summerfall 2010. One of the most edifying scenes from the film is the bit about a phenomenon dubbed mountain dew mouth, after appalachias favorite drink and the resulting high incidence of rotted teeth. Not only is the color of the latter offputting that artificial chemical green although mountain dew has more sugar and a more dangerous type of caffeine in it than cola, teas or coffees. Sugar can cause hyperactivity and mood issues it tends to lead to you being wired and tired. Dew this year has been moving quickly to launch new products that respond to consumer trends. This article takes a detailed look at how sugar affects your teeth and how you can prevent tooth decay. You see poor larry has been drinking mountain dew since he was 2 years old. I have a background in food technology and spent a good 9 years formulating foods that contained way too much sugar all with the aim of tasting great and meeting specific cost parameters. Mountain dew mouth a one litre bottle of pepsis mountain dew contains 30% more caffeine than coke and 34 teaspoons of sugar.
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