Good morning to all of you and Mr Darma.

Today I will like to persuade all of you to reduce

the intake of boba drinks, because it can give impact to your life. Boba drinks nowadays had
been a Malaysian’s favourite drinks everywhere and everyday! Boba tea or bubble tea, first
introduced in Taiwan in 1980s has done on to become a global phenomenon made popular
by Internet foodies. It has become such a huge part of our lives that it almost feels
unnatural to hang out at the shopping malls without buying one. Am I right? I’m sure each
of you must have been try this boba drinks even once. Even I am. This is because bubble tea
drinks are designed to appeal to younger consumers as a way for brands to be part of ‘viral
food’ trends. Because “Trending” is a good marketing strategy. You guys must be wonder,
does bubble tea have any nutritional value at all? The answer is no. There is no nutritional
value from drinking a high-sugar beverage. Nutritionists say bubble tea is the worst drink
ever because it contains high amount of sugar content with the addition of any hidden
ingredients such as sugar, sweeteners and artificial flavourings. When you hear ‘brown
sugar’ and ‘freshmilk’ you probably think that these are healthier ingredients, but you must
ask yourself, how much brown sugar is used? And what about the other ingredients,
especially the boba? If you request for the less sugar or no sugar, you still cannot categorise
this as a harmless drink in view of the other ingredients. This kind of drinks will not affects
our health but our environment as well! Maybe it will not affect you directly, but we can see
it in future.
So now, let’s look more closely at the impacts of taking a lot of boba drinks to our health
and environment. Firstly, high consumed of boba drinks can obviously affects your health. It
can cause a serious blockage in intestines. There is a case, when a 20years old man had
suffered because doctor discovered that the clumps were large blocks of tapioca starch and
when asked, they found that the man used to work in a bubble tea shop. This is because,
Boba or the tiny, chewy black balls at the bottom of the drink is made from tapioca, which is
a gluten-free starch extracted from the root of a cassava plant. Nonetheless, the tapioca
balls are hard for elderly people to digest and can cause indigestion.
Next, boba drinks can causes diabetes and also lead to kidney cancer. It will not directly
cause diabetes if you consume once. But we will see the effects in a long term. This may
cause diabetes because research shown that a cup of bubble tea with regular sweetness
contains 34g of sugar. The amount of sugar that we should consume per days is 50g. But
after drinking a cup of bubble tea, we will exceed the amount of sugar that we should take
daily. Bubble teas are also not suitable for the elderly, especially those with a background of
chronic diseases. Besides, when you age, your metabolism slows down. Sugar slows down
your metabolism even more, making you feel tired and sluggish. It can also lead to kidney
cancer. Based on the Daily News reports, the bubble may also include cancer-causing
chemicals known aspolychlorinated biphenyls or PCBs. This is actually happened in China
when 8 years old girl had discovered that her liver and kidneys were severely damaged. In
fact, it was so bad that she was diagnosed with kidney cancer. The father’s habit of bringing
back dessert and bubble tea for the girl, which was likely the cause of the girl’s illness.
Apart from the negative impact bubble tea has on overall health, it has damaging effects
on the skin as well. Not everyone know that drinking too much bubble tea may cause acne
breakouts. Bubble tea or Boba Milk tea is more than a chemical cocktail full of empty
calories. It comprises of ingredients like sugar, tapioca and dairy that are associated with
causing acne. Cow’s milk can result in inflammation. Your skin may not be lactose intolerant
and hormones in milk can react with the testosterone in your body. This increases the
sebum production in the skin resulting in acne breakouts.
Overconsumption of bubble tea also results in the appearance of pimples. Excess bubble tea
creates an imbalance and generates extreme heat in the body that triggers outbreak of zits
(annoying pimples). The most affected areas include the neck, face, and the chest.
Boba drinks not only affects your health but our environment as well! So now, you must
be wonder why and how actually boba drinks can affect our environment. Firsly, It is very
important to be aware of the fact that the majority of recyclable plastic never gets recycled.
Most plastic cups and straws are not biodegradable, thus dumping them can pollutes the
environment in land and water. Secondly, Dairy that used to be ingredients in milk tea has
extremely high levels of carbon emissions and water usage. Methane is the most troubling
GHG produced by dairy cattle as it has the ability to trap up to 100 times more heat into the
atmosphere than carbon dioxide. Can effects the greenhouse and due to global warming
issues. Now, lets take note on the solution to reduce intake of boba drinks and to avoid this
trendind drinks affects our environment.
Some healthy tips that you can consider for making your bubble tea a healthier drink include
a. Add fresh, low-fat or skimmed milk to your bubble tea as a
substitute for creamers that are non-dairy.
b. Ask for plain bubble tea without the chewy tapioca pearls
or the milk to reduce the calories.
c. Ask for less or no sugar (including less flavoured syrup and
sweetened fruit purees
For environment, you can choose many ways to avoid the usage the plastic cups and straws.
Made a home-made boba drinks at home.
It is super easy to try by using a tapioca flour. You also can manage your dairy consumptions
and sugar intakes in your boba drinks. You also can add non-dairy creamer to your drinks.
No plastics cups and straw used, it is good for our environment.

Bring your own set of metal straw

Its eco –friendliness, Less Overall Economic Cost , Safety & Ease of Use

To be conclude, I know the boba drinks trend had much influence more people nowadays
especially for youngsters But it also should be treated as part of a controlled diet, and not a
routine. It is okay if you drink bubble tea once a while,but you need to know how much you
should consume. A healthy exterior starts from the inside.