Although already know sugar is not good for health, most people do not mengangggap harmful sugar. At least, not as bad as sugar is considered saturated fat, salt, or calories. Maybe this is making it difficult to reduce the consumption of sugar.
Despite the fact that most people around the world consume 500 extra calories just from sugar they eat. Behind the sweetness of sugar, it contained dangers should not be underestimated.
The following 10 adverse effects of sugar that could be the reason you need to immediately reduce the consumption of sugar.
1. Sugar damages the heart
Although long known as one of the risk factors for heart disease, a study in the Journal of the American Heart Association in 2013 finally found strong evidence of the mechanisms of how sugar damages the heart. The study states, the sugar molecules called glucose 6-phosphate causes changes in the heart muscle leading to heart failure.
2. Sugar formed belly fat
The prevalence of obesity increased in recent years, both in adults and children. One reason is the high consumption of sugary beverages. A study found that consumption of fructose (a type of sugar) causes the increase of excess abdominal fat increases the risk of heart disease and diabetes.
3. Sugar kills silently
A 2008 study revealed that excessive fructose consumption is associated with an increased risk of the condition of leptin resistance. Leptin is the hormone that tells the brain when the stomach is full. If the body is leptin resistance, then the brain will not feel satisfied even if the body is already full. As a result, we can not stop the urge to eat. In the long run this would lead to obesity. It happens slowly, so people often do not realize is experienced.
4. Sugar feeds cancer cells
Every human being has the risk of cancer because cancer cells in his body. Even so, the body has its own mechanism to kill cancer cells so that the cells do not necessarily develop into a deadly cancer. Unfortunately, excessive sugar consumption will damage the mechanism. Plus, a recent study revealed that sugar is a good nutrition for cancer cells to thrive.
5. "Addicted" sugar can be lowered
Sugar also are additive so maybe there is a term for sugar cravings. Unfortunately, this sugar addiction could be genetic that can be derived, because it involves a change in the hormone ghrelin. Ghrelin is a hormone that tells the brain when the body is hungry. However, changes in these hormones will result in the body's hungry and wants to eat constantly.
6. Sugar and alcohol have similar toxic effects
A study in the journal Nature indicates that sugar could be as dangerous as alcohol. The study showed that consumption of fructose and glucose excessive toxic effects on the liver. This effect was also similar to that given by alcohol.
7. Sugar lowers the ability of the brain
Sugar is known to accelerate the aging process of cells, as well as brain cells. So by eating a lot of sugar, brain cells function tends to decline more rapidly.
8. Sugar is often hiding in the food "without sugar"
Reducing sugar not only by reducing sugary foods such as sweets, cakes, biscuits, and so on, because actually there are also foods that are considered without sugar but it contains a lot of sugar. For example ketchup, bread, crackers, and others.
9. Sweetened drinks may shorten life
A study in 2013 estimated that there were 180,000 deaths worldwide are caused by the consumption of sugary beverages. The researchers concluded that the death may be due to the relationship with the risk of sugary drinks such as diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.
10. Sugar makes fat
This fact is most clearly visible from eating too much sugar. Excess sugar consumption will contribute to the intake of calories should come from foods that contain a lot of nutrients so unwittingly diasup calories beyond the expiry of calories per day and make the weight increases.
