sugar:- just how bad is it!

 

Do you know? an average Indian person consumes about 9kg of sugar per year!! That is around 35,000 calories of sugar per year.(source:-NHA), India is the largest consumer of sugar in the world! 

This has resulted in increasing obesity and health deterioration in people. 

Living a healthy life is better than living an unhealthy life.

 You are what you eat!

Sugar is required by our body, to be honest, but in a limited and moderate amount, from the right source. In today's world, consumption of sugar is at its peak!! 

Artificial sugar is unhealthy for overall health. Artificial sugar has no essential nutrients but are empty calories. sugars don't have proteins, vitamins, minerals, and essential fats. just contains unhealthy fats.

↠Negative Effects of Sugar on the Body

⇘ A 1973 study out of Loma Linda University found that eating sugar affects bacteria-fighting white blood cells for at least five hours after consumption.4 The immune cells were sluggish on the job. Ever noticed your kids getting sick after a party??  More recent research from 2018 suggests that the mechanism by which sugar harms the immune system is through insulin resistance which then weakens the immune system.

⇘  Sugar fuels bad bacteria in mouth which affects oral health. Which can make teeth weak and increases chance of cavity. Recent studies foud that children born from 2013 are at higher risk of getting cavity and facing more oral problem in older age. 

⇘  people who do not eat sugar have higher stamina and energy levels compared to the one who consumes.

⇘  increases the bad cholesterol levels leading to increased rate of heart attack and cardiac-related risks.

⇘  Eating sugar has only one benefit that is giving you dopamine! The happiness hormone. It is just a temporary temptation that you give to yourself. 

⇘  Increased levels of glucose and blood sugar levels deteriorate brain cells affecting memory power

⇘  Artificial sugar is gone through so many different types of chemical processes that its formation is only unhealthy! 

⇘  Not all sugar you consume is converted to energy only 15% is digested and the rest 75% sugar iS stored as fat in our body increases the risk of obesity.

Consuming natural sugars like honey, jaggery, fruits, maple syrup, etc. is healthy. since sugar is not a required nutrient in your diet. Still, According to the health reports of the American Health Association, men can consume 150 calories a day without any harmful effects on their body and women can take 100 calories a day. 

And I have personally felt many changes in my body and mind after quitting sugar! And it worked for me well!!