Now you all must have heard that consuming a lot of sugar leads to diabetes. Every other day there are news articles printed on this topic and health experts continue to cover this topic over and over again in their channels.
But in this article I want to highlight that sugar woes go deeper than just diabetes and many facts that I mention here are either ignored or normalized in our society.
Imagine someone convinced you from childhood that banana is purple, you would grow up assuming that the yellow colour of banana is actually purple while in reality its yellow.
This is exactly what has happened in our societies.
For many years we have been convinced by brands and companies that ingesting a ton of sugar everyday is normal.
Look at Ads on TV, young teens drinking cans of cola and energy drinks without limits. Each can of cola consists of 30 grams of sugar, thats half a jar of sugar in your home. Can you eat that much with a spoon?
When you consume a lot of sugar here is what happens to you which nobody will tell
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Your stomach will be instantly bloated
Consuming a lot of sugar will trigger an insulin spike in your system and that inturn will bloat your stomach.
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You will feel lethargic and lazy
When the insulin spike drops your body will naturally slowdown and will make you sleepy because it begins to invest a lot of energy into digesting that sugar. The energy that you need to focus at work will be compromised.
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You will feel thirsty and dehydrated
Digesting a ton of sugar requires enormous amount of energy, the body will use the fluids to aid the digestion and make you dehydrated. You can even get a headache.
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Your face will swell up overtime
People who consume a lot of sugar have swollen faces which are rounded. Our societies have normalized this look as most of them are sugar consumers.
Those who don’t indulge in sugar have leaner and sharp features.
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You will become skinny fat
If you are genetically lean built then you will develop skinny fat on your belly due to excessive sugar intake.
Your body does not need a lot of sugar to function properly but when you keep ingesting, it has no choice than to convert it into fat. -
You will develop an addiction to sugar
Just like smoking and drinking consuming a lot of sugar is addictive, the more you eat, the more you crave.
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Your body will take longer to heal
Have you ever seen a diabetic getting a cut on the finger? the blood does not stop and the wound does not heal. Why? because there is excess sugar in the blood.
The same goes to any other infection in your body. If you keep consuming sugar when you are sick, the body takes longer to heal.
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Excessive sugar intake leads to Alzheimer’s
A study has revealed that people who consume excessive sugar over their lifespan end up with Alzheimer’s disease when they are old.
It’s a shame that nobody highlights the ill effects of sugar in our society while everyone talks about alcohol and tobacco.
The first and foremost step to get rid of sugar addiction is to throw away everything sugary from your home. If you can’t find it, you won’t eat it simple.
Secondly you will need to begin a fitness routine like going to the gym. The gym will help you boost dopamine and you will no longer depend on sugar to be happy.
The ill effects of excessive sugar are many but when had in limit, sugar can be cherished and enjoyed.
I have a dessert every other day and still stay lean, it’s important to understand that the calories from the dessert should not exceed more than 400kcal. And consume it only once every two days.
