We eat sugar everyday. We add sugar when making coffee and tea. We consume sugar when eating fruits and different foods, such cakes, candies, buns etc. Even ketchup contains a big amount of sugar.
There are different types of sugar, simple and complex. Complex sugar takes longer for your body to break down and is healthier for your body. This type is found in natural carbohydrates such as whole grains and fruit. On the other hand, simple sugar is broken down by your body quickly and causes energy ups and downs. This type of sugar includes refined and processed sugar found in table sugar and added to many sweets. Consuming an excess of simple sugar comes with many health problems.
How sugar is made
Sugar is made from sugarcane, a tropical plant that grows in sunlight places and demands large amounts of water. The sugarcane plant typically takes a year before it can be harvested. When this plant is harvested, the roots are saved, for future harvest. The sugarcane plant can continue to grow, as long as the roots stay in the ground.
In order to create a sugar, the plant is flattened under large rollers, which squeezes out all of the natural cane sugar juice used to form the sugar. This juice is filtered through evaporation in order to be purified. By evaporating the juice, the syrup becomes clear of soil. The purified cane sugar syrup is boiled to form sugar crystals. The sugar crystals harden and form sugar. These sugar crystals are what we consume.
It is high in calories
Sugar is bad for your health because it has calories. There are many products that contains sugar. Sugary drinks, candies, cookies, donuts, buns,breads, all kinds of sauce, such as ketchup, and protein bars, and others. You should always read a label to know, if there are sugars. Sometimes they can be hard to spot on nutrition labels, since they can be listed under a number of names, such as corn syrup, agave nectar, palm sugar, cane juice, or sucrose. So you can easily consume a lot of sugar in soft drinks, and in all kinds of food.
Sugar displaces more nutritious foods or it adds calories to your body. People who are consuming sugar are at risk for weight gain.
Affects immune system
Eating too much sugar can affect your immune system for up to 4 hours after you eat it. An excess of sugar blocks your immune system from functioning properly and diminishes the ability of white blood cells to fight bacteria.
Main cause of tooth decay
Nowadays many people suffer from decay. All types of sugars causes tooth decay. The more often youβre eating sugary foods, then the possibility of having dental problems gets higher.
Foods that are high in added sugar, they often are not high in nutrition. So eating a lot of sugar is a sign that you arenβt eating as healthy as you may think.
Weight gain
Weight gain has been always associated with high risk of heart disease, diabetes and other diseases. Sugar, no matter, where itβs coming from, does tend to increase our triglycerides, or fat levels in the blood, and higher triglycerides increase your risk for heart disease.
Ages your skin
It makes your skin age faster. Sugar attaches to proteins in your bloodstream and creates harmful molecules called βAGEs,β or advanced glycation end products. These molecules age your skin. They have been shown to damage collagen in your skin, protein fibers that keep your skin firm and youthful. Your skin becomes wrinkled and saggy.
Eating naturally fruits and dairy, such as milk, yogurt, sour cream, can also satisfy sweet cravings. And you fill your body with good nutrients.
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