▶ Your Answer : Both the reading passage and the lecturer from the listening focus on the health impact resulting from the use of sucralose as an artificial sweetner. While the author from the article argues that the use of the substance possesses a high possibility of it being detrimental to the body, the professor from the lecture objects to this view. To begin with, the lecturer states that sucralose is not the direct cause for the development of diabetes. On the reading passage, the author asserts that sucralose is likely to bring about the increase in insulin, leading to diabetes by letting the cells be resistant to insulin. The study indicating that people who consume sucralose on a daily basis are more likely to develop diabetes, is proposed. On the other hand, the professor from the lecture goes against the notion that it is the cause of diabetes. She explains that while it is true that the consumption of sucralose increases the release of insulin, it does not mean that it leads to diabetes as in the case of Risin of potatoes that shows the similar effect. Moreover, the lecturer claims it is the personal obesity that is the physical cause to the occurrence of diabetes. On top of that, the lecturer suggests that sucralose is unlikely to produce harmful materials. According to the article, researchers have found that exposure to high temperature makes sucralose produce substances like chloropropanol, which can be a cause for cancer. However, the lecturer alleges that sucralose do not produce any harmful substances. The lecturer doubts the result of the conducted research; She points out that the research did not use real life ingredients, thus making the outcome untrustworthy. Furthermore, some of the researchers admitted that they heated sucralose even higher than normal to achieve the desired results. Finally, the professor from the lecture is doubtful about the argument that sucralose deteriorates allergic reaction. As suggested in the reading passage, a number of incidents where people experienced intense allergic reactions after consuming sucralose have been reported. On the contrary, the professor from the listening insists that this claim is unlikely to be true. According to her explanation, the anecdotal data of the incidents is unreliable. On the study testing whether sucralose is safe to people with allergies, the outcome showed that none of the people actually went through allergic reaction after eating sucralose. |