Analyzing My Text's Cultural Setting

Analyzing My Text's Cultural Setting

The article was published in October-December of 2011 in B-9, Kanara Business Center Off Link Rd, Ghatkopar (E), Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra 400075, India.The author, Dr. Kirtida R. Tandel,  is part of the Department of Pharmacology in the Government Medical College located in Surat, Gujarat, India. He also has another database journal article which is also about nutrition as well. This author values health and well beings of others, but wants people to be informed about the risks for the sugar substitutes that are artificial and not necessarily healthier than regular sugar.

What values, ideas, norms, beliefs, and even laws of the culture play an important role in the text?

In India, master of knowledge are important. Therefore, his work is reliable because Indians do their absolute best to give their best quality work.

In the text, ideas of the time in culture play an important role. During this time that the article was created, many people had been consuming artificial sweeteners; it was popular.

Despite the fact that the author is from India, the author offers studies that have occurred in the U.S. For example, one study was conducted at Duke University. In other words, it shows that the American culture/findings is spread throughout the world. Furthermore, it mentions findings from other places of the world as well. This indicates that artificial sugar intake is a world spread issue and that it needs to be addressed.

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Does the text address these cultural values, beliefs, etc., directly (by directly mentioning and responding to them) or indirectly (by presenting a scenario or narrative that addresses them)?

The text addresses the culture directly because the author states actual findings from different places around the world. This indicates that other cultures influence the topic of artificial sugar. Also, the author is writing from India, but he never directly mentions India. Therefore, it can be inferred that the artificial sugar findings address the cultural beliefs of India both indirectly and directly because the findings impact Indians as well. I feel like the concept of the time period and culture are more involved because the influx of the consumption of sugar is more evident than anything else.

What is the relationship of the text to the values, beliefs, etc.? Is it critical of these aspects of the culture? Does it seek to modify these aspects of the culture in a certain way?

The textual relationship between the text and the culture is evident. The culture of the time period and the people who consume sugar connect the culture to the text. Despite the fact that India is not directly mentioned, the text reveals that the artificial sugars play a role in the food culture of society all around the world. Its purpose is to illustrate that artificial consumption is a worldwide issue due to people's perceived benefits of these fake sugars.