22/02/2019
Many people rely on quick, processed foods for meals and snacks. Since these products often contain added sugar, it makes up a large proportion of their daily calories intake.
Dietary guidelines suggest limiting calories from added sugar to less than 10% per day.
Experts believe that sugar consumption is a major cause of obesity and many chronic diseases, such as diabetes.
Here are some reasons why eating too much sugar is bad for your health.
1. WEIGHT GAIN:
Rates of obesity are rising worldwide and added sugar, especially from sugar-sweetened beverages, is thought to be one of the main culprits.
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.
In other words, sugary beverages don’t curb your hunger, making it easy to quickly consume a high number of liquid calories. This can lead to weight gain.
2. ACCELERATES SKIN AGING PROCESS:
Wrinkles are a natural sign of aging. They appear eventually, regardless of your health.
However, poor food choices can worsen wrinkles and speed the skin aging process.
Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) are compounds formed by reactions between sugar and protein in your body. They are suspected to play a key role in skin aging.
Consuming a diet high in refined carbs and sugar leads to the production of AGEs, which may cause your skin to age prematurely.
AGEs damage collagen and elastin, which are proteins that help the skin stretch and keep its youthful appearance.
When collagen and elastin become damaged, the skin loses its firmness and begins to sag.
There are other side effects to inadequate intake of sugar
• May Increase the Risk of Heart Disease
• Increases the Risk of Diabetes
• May Increase the Risk of Cancer
• May Increase the Risk of Depression
Eating too much added sugar can have many negative health effects.
For these reasons, added sugar should be kept to a minimum whenever possible, which is easy when you follow a healthy diet based on whole foods.