Sugar may be sweet. But what it does to your health is anything but. Here’s what I mean...
How Sugar Affects Your Health
🔵 Insulin resistance: Sweetened foods like soda, cookies, and candy spike your blood sugar (also known as blood glucose). As your blood sugar rises, your pancreas pumps out insulin to help get glucose into your cells. But if you eat a high-sugar diet for too long, your body can become less sensitive to insulin. This is known as insulin resistance, and it can lead to diabetes. 🔵 Weight: Sugary foods are low in nutrients and fiber, but high in calories. That’s why high-sugar diets are linked with weight gain. Also, people who eat more sugar tend to have more visceral fat (aka belly fat), a risk factor for chronic diseases like diabetes, heart disease, and some cancers. 🔵 Liver: Your liver uses a form of sugar (fructose) to make fat. Eating too much sugar can cause fatty buildup in the liver and over time, put you at risk of liver disease. 🔵 Heart: High sugar diets increase the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, high triglycerides, and high LDL “bad” cholesterol. 🔵 Skin: Diets high in added sugars are linked with acne and premature aging. 🔵 Mood: Depression and anxiety are more common in people who eat high-sugar diets. Research shows cutting back on sugar may ease these symptoms. 🔵 Energy: Sugar provides an instant source of energy. But soon after, your blood sugar crashes, along with your energy levels. 🔵 Brain: When your blood sugar stays high, it damages blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood to your brain. This can lead to brain fog, memory and attention issues. High sugar diets also increase the risk of developing dementia.
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What it does to your body
Sugar may be sweet. But what it does to your health is anything but. Here’s what I mean...
How Sugar Affects Your Health
🔵 Insulin resistance: Sweetened foods like soda, cookies, and candy spike your blood sugar (also known as blood glucose). As your blood sugar rises, your pancreas pumps out insulin to help get glucose into your cells. But if you eat a high-sugar diet for too long, your body can become less sensitive to insulin. This is known as insulin resistance, and it can lead to diabetes.
🔵 Weight: Sugary foods are low in nutrients and fiber, but high in calories. That’s why high-sugar diets are linked with weight gain. Also, people who eat more sugar tend to have more visceral fat (aka belly fat), a risk factor for chronic diseases like diabetes, heart disease, and some cancers.
🔵 Liver: Your liver uses a form of sugar (fructose) to make fat. Eating too much sugar can cause fatty buildup in the liver and over time, put you at risk of liver disease.
🔵 Heart: High sugar diets increase the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, high triglycerides, and high LDL “bad” cholesterol.
🔵 Skin: Diets high in added sugars are linked with acne and premature aging.
🔵 Mood: Depression and anxiety are more common in people who eat high-sugar
diets. Research shows cutting back on sugar may ease these symptoms.
🔵 Energy: Sugar provides an instant source of energy. But soon after, your blood sugar crashes, along with your energy levels.
🔵 Brain: When your blood sugar stays high, it damages blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood to your brain. This can lead to brain fog, memory and attention issues. High sugar diets also increase the risk of developing dementia.
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