Here's How Much-added Sugar Affects Your Body
n the list below we also include the type of sugar fructose under sugar. Fructose is now added in soft drinks, sweets, pastries, sauces, dressings, ready-made foods, etc.… Added fructose is sometimes called starch syrup, maltitol, maltodextrin or modified starch on the table of contents.
Here's how much-added sugar affects your body:
1. Sugar makes you overweight
Sugar is one of the most common causes of obesity. This is not just because sugar contains a lot of energy (calories). Sugar also deceives metabolism as it interferes with normal appetite control. So you don't get a good saturation - you just want more and more.
2. Sugar leads to nutritional deficiencies
Sugar does not contain any nutrients and then gives a so-called "false saturation": Thus empty calories without nutrition. In addition, sugars also reduce the absorption of important nutrients in the body and affect the structure of proteins and thereby impair the absorption of protein, and the protein's ability to transport substances.
Sugar lowers the absorption of calcium and magnesium needed for important processes in the body. Sugar also leaches the body's bones and tissues on minerals which can contribute to osteoporosis.
3. Sugar makes you tired and irritated
Sugar has a huge impact on blood sugar levels and insulin levels. If you eat a lot of sugar, your blood sugar will go down the roller coaster with sweetness, fatigue, mood swings, and irritation as a result.
4. Sugar damages your teeth
When you eat something that contains sugar (or other carbohydrates), the bacteria react to form harmful acids that corrode the tooth. Something that leads to holes in the teeth.
5. Sugar inhibits the immune system
Sugar increases the degree of chronic inflammation in the body. If you find that you are often affected by infections and colds - try removing inflammation-causing foods such as sugar and white flour.
While doing this, you can supplement your diet with healthy fats from fish, seafood and olive oil along with lots of vegetables.
6. Sugar increases the risk of cardiovascular disease (and other diseases!)
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Sugar increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and atherosclerosis. This is because sugar produces elevated blood fats, high blood pressure and increases the dangerous LDH cholesterol in the body. In addition, sugar lowers the protective HDL cholesterol.
There have been clear associations with sugar consumption with diabetes, dementia, kidney failure, Parkinson's disease, migraine and can also increase the risk of cancer, depression, fungal infection, and osteoporosis.
7. Sugar makes you age faster
Sugar reduces the tissue elasticity of the body, which speeds up the aging process (such as wrinkles and gray hair).