Sugar is an ingredient which we use commonly in our diet, desserts and daily living. But, we usually neglect the disadvantages of Sugar which can badly affect us.
Sugar is bad for you because it has calories, and because if you have diabetes or a diabetes-related condition then having sugar will increase your blood sugar, which is a risk factor for heart disease.
Experts believe that sugar consumption is a major cause of obesity and many chronic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes.
Here are a few reasons why eating too much sugar is bad for your health:
1. Causes weight gain
Sugar-sweetened drinks like sodas, juices and sweet teas are loaded with fructose, a type of simple sugar. Consuming fructose increases your hunger and desire for food more than glucose, the main type of sugar found in starchy foods.
Also, drinking a lot of sugar-sweetened beverages linked to an increased amount of visceral fat, a kind of deep belly fat associated with conditions like diabetes and heart disease.
2. Affects the immune system
Studies have shown that sugar can interfere with the way your body fights disease. Bacteria and yeast feed on sugar, so excess glucose in the body causes these organisms to build up and cause infections.
3. Sugar accelerates ageing
Sugary products or foods can also mess with your skin by contributing to wrinkles and sagging. After sugar hits your bloodstream, it attaches to proteins. The mix of these proteins with sugar causes the skin to lose elasticity and leads to premature ageing.
4. It causes tooth decay
When it sits on your teeth, sugar causes decay more efficiently than any other food. It’s important to brush your teeth at least twice a day to stop sugars from fueling plaque and bacteria.
5. Sugar increases stress
When we’re under stress, our bodies immediately kick into fight-or-flight mode, releasing large amounts of hormones. Surprisingly, the body has the same chemical response when blood sugar is low. After you eat a sweet snack, stress hormones begin to compensate for the crash by raising your blood sugar which results in unexplained anxiousness and shakiness.
6. It leads to fatty liver
A high intake of fructose has been consistently linked to an increased risk of fatty liver. Unlike glucose and other types of sugar, which are taken up by many cells throughout the body, fructose is almost exclusively broken down by the liver.
In the liver, fructose is converted into energy or stored as glycogen. However, the liver can only store so much glycogen before excess amounts are turned into fat.
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