Bad Effects of Too Much Sugar
Doesn’t mean its sweet means its good. This is usually the case in foods that are high in sugar. Foods that are high in sugar definitely affect our health. Let us take at the bad ways that sugars affects us.
1. Our blood glucose spikes and plummets – mood swings, fatigue and
headaches are often caused by unstable blood sugars. Now you’re left
wondering if Willy Wonka is pale because he is unhealthy. It will also
generally make you crave for more sugar. Addiction to sugar will be very
bad, because
you will rely on it to become happy. Eating sugar will make you temporarily
happy but a few hours alter you will carve for more to make you happier.
2. Sugars raise your chances of being obese, diabetic and have heart
disease – the
person develops the following when he consumes more high-glycemic foods.
High-glycemic foods are those that affect the blood sugar quickly. Recent
researches have also shown that certain cancers are somehow connected to
high-glycemic foods.
3. Sugars interferes with immune functions – when tested on animals,
the sugars effects on the animal immune system have been suppressed. Some
believe that because bacteria and yeast feed on sugar they can be in the
body and become imbalanced in the body. Therefore infections and illness
will be more present.
4. Chromium deficiency results form high sugar diets – if a person
consumes lots of sugar, he won’t be able to get enough trace chromium
mineral. The chromium’s main function is to help regulate the blood
sugar.
5. Sugar makes you older faster – sugar contributes to sagging skin.
Remember that it is sagging skin not sagging boobs, sagging boobs for male
comes form lack of exercise. The process called glycation, the sugar attaches
itself to the proteins after they hit your bloodstream. Their new molecular
structures will contribute to the loss of elasticity in your aging body
tissue, arteries, skins and organs. The more sugar it is in your blood
the faster
this will happen.
6. The most basic damage sugar does is tooth decay. Sugar creates decays
on our teeth more efficiently when it sits on our teeth.
7. Gum diseases that are caused by sugar can lead to heart disease.
8. Behavior and cognitive responses of children are also affected by sugar.
9. Lots of sugar makes people feel irritable, shaky and anxious.
10. People who consume lots of sugar will have their other nutrients or vitamins
be affected.
In conclusion, it is hard to have a sweet tooth especially when one has
grown accustomed to sweet stuff. The best thing to do is gradually reduce
the amount of sweet foods we take in and for children, try not to introduce
them to too much candies.