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Avoiding pastries and adding sugar to your tea does not guarantee that your sugar intake is under control. You might be ingesting a lot of added sugar if you frequently eat bread, protein bars, morning cereals, ketchup, flavor-enhanced yoghurt, or store-bought salad dressings. This added sugar might have a negative impact on your health. Although naturally occurring sources of sugar, such as fruits, are healthy in moderation, added sugar in packaged goods poses the greatest risk to our health because it raises our chances of developing obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, liver disease, tooth decay, and even cancer.
Here is how too much sugar can harm several of our vital organs, such as the heart, liver, and brain.
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Brain and sugar
Addiction to sugar is very common. Brain fog, anxiety, headaches, low energy, dizziness, irritability, cravings, and other symptoms might result from blood sugar problems. Long-term, it may contribute to cognitive decline, memory loss, and potentially Alzheimer’s disease.
Eyes and sugar
Every single blood vessel in our bodies is negatively impacted by high blood sugar. Think about what happens to bread in a toaster; that is what elevated blood sugar does to our blood vessels. There are several tiny blood arteries in the eyes. Problems including hazy vision, cataracts, glaucoma, and retinopathy are brought on by high blood sugar. Adult blindness is primarily brought on by diabetes.
Skin and sugar
Sugar raises insulin levels, which raise inflammation and aggravate skin problems like eczema, psoriasis, rosacea, and acne. By reducing collagen, it hastens aging and produces wrinkles. It makes allergic skin reactions worse as well.
Teeth and sugar
Gum disease and tooth decay are caused by sugar consumption. Because we ingest the microorganisms and they reach our body, poor oral health can result in disease. Leaky gut, heart disease, and poor health are all caused by these undesirable microorganisms.
Heart and sugar
A diet high in sugar can harm cardiac cells and harden arteries. Minerals like magnesium that are necessary for cardiovascular health are depleted by sugar (arrhythmias often result). Heart disease and hypertension are caused by insulin resistance. Heart attacks and strokes are the main causes of death in adults with diabetes.
Gut and sugar
Pathogenic (bad) bacteria, inflammatory bacteria, and yeast overgrow as a result of sugar feeding them. In addition to reducing nutritional absorption and immunity, this imbalance of healthy and harmful bacteria also causes systemic inflammation. Additionally, it causes more sugar cravings, which feeds the cycle.
Liver and sugar
Extra sugar is turned into fat by the liver. Comparable to overdosing on alcohol, sugar (particularly fructose) overload has a similar effect on the liver. Table sugar, high fructose corn syrup, and agave all contain fructose. Fatigue and resistance to weight reduction are caused by high sugar intake.
