5 Reasons you should stop eating sugary foods

The recent day diets are filled with foodstuff which soar the blood sugar level. 

You spend money purchasing foods that cause side effects on the body system. They are many benefits of eating sugar. 

However, these benefits of sugar can only be effective when it is eaten at a controlled rate.

Sugars are the simplest form of carbohydrate also known as glucose. Sugars are grouped into natural and refined sugar.

Naturally occurring sugar are integral component of fruits, vegetables and other plant foods. 

Examples: fructose, maltose and sucrose.

Refined sugars are added to processed foods usually in soft drinks and candies. 

Examples: corn syrup, white and brown sugar. 

As the regular consumption of sugar continues; the blood stream gets saturated with too much sugar hence leading to insulin resistance! 

What is insulin resistance?

Insulin resistance is the situation where the hormone insulin can no longer convert excess sugar in the blood stream to glycogen that is stored in the body thereby resulting to adverse health effect.

Research as shown, that more than half a million people may likely develop diabetes or already have diabetes without knowing it.

I have heard some people say ‘foods like white rice, white bread, yam, sweet potatoes and other ‘carbs’ can never  cause diabetes  because they are not sugar’.   

If you are among this group of thinkers, I want to let you know this; technically speaking these foods are not sugar as they do not taste sweet but when ingested, they are broken down into a unit form called glucose, which is a simple sugar.

5 REASONS YOU SHOULD STOP EATING SUGARY FOODS.

You might have asked, "how can I stop eating sugary foods".

Read on to discover the reasons you have to give up sugar. You are not asked to quit eating of sugary foods completely, rather to cut back on the amount of sugar you eat.

The reasons are you should stop eating sugary foods are

Sugary foods increases the risk of heart disease

The research from JAMA internal medical record shows the risk of death from heart disease increased proportionally with increase intake of added sugar.

It stated that “survey candidates who took 25% or more of added sugar are twice likely to die of heart disease than those who consume 10% processed sugar”.  

So you can see how you ignorantly consume something that would lead to your death just because you enjoy it.

The side effects of sugary foods on the heart

It may seem hard to believe yet it is the truth. There is strong connection between high blood pressure and heart disease. Sugar rank next to salt in   increasing the blood pressure.

It produces free radicals which damage and clog the arteries; making very hard for the blood vessels to do their jobs of regulating the blood pressure. to this end, the heart gets the blow! 

To make the situation nasty, the high level of insulin secreted by pancreases gland into the blood stream cause changes that raise the blood pressure. 

This in turn forms clot and results to inflammation that may lead to risk of heart disease.

Surprisingly, these sugars lower good cholesterol (high density lipoprotein) and increase the concentration of bad cholesterol (low density lipoprotein). 

A very toxic fat which is harmful to the heart, thus; may increases the risk of sudden cardiac arrest. 

Fortunately, the more you consume foods that are nice to your blood sugar. The more your heart will live long. So! what will it cause you to cut down sugar consumption?

          Eating of sugary foods leads to diabetes

Diabetes occurs as a result of consuming too much sugar which cannot be acted upon by insulin due to insulin resistance. 

Since diabetes is caused by dieting on wrong foods it can be cured by eating good food also, this is awesome.

Isn’t it? 

It is now on our own part to adjust our life style by eating food that may decrease blood sugar.

Eating large proportion of food should make one filled although this depends on the type of food.  Starchy and sugary foods are converted into glucose after ingestion. Glucose is the main source of energy after fats and oil. 

When loads of starchy and sugary foods are taken they flood the blood stream even after the body utilizes a good portion of energy produced; much glucose still remain in the blood stream. 

The blood stream is actually not a storage space for glucose therefore; the brain stimulates the pancreas gland to secrete a hormone called insulin into the blood stream. 

This hormone converts the excess glucose in the blood stream into glycogen a storable form. 

However; as the phenomenon above continues more insulin is moved into the blood to ensure the sugar in the blood is kept at bay. 

A point will reach when the body becomes resistant to insulin. Either more insulin could not be produced or the produced ones become inactive. 

Thus; the excess glucose cannot be converted to glycogen. This too much sugar in the blood results to type 2 diabetes.

Unfortunately, most young people do not care about their blood sugar level because blood sugar is presumed to be associated to the older folks by the society.

           Eating of sugary foods can lead to obesity:

There is a great link between sugar consumption and weight gain. According to Hill J, O and Prentice A. M., the replacement of sugar with protein in isocaloric diet shows change on weight gain. 

Low calorie consumption results to reduced weight. Another research showed that obese people consume foods high in sugar. 

So what happens when you eat sugary foods continuously is you tend to become overweight.

Fast acting food and obesity:

Fast acting foods are the foods which do not take much time to be digested and assimilated into the blood stream. 

They flood the blood with glucose (simplest form of carbohydrate) and the produced energy fizzles out quickly after consumption.

These fast acting foods usually make one feel hungry very faster before the next meal. Leaving you with no option than to eat more and more of it to be satisfied.

Consequently, you are not just left with a risen blood sugar but high level of weight gain.  

Since much insulin is pumped into the blood stream the body stops burning fat in order to utilize the excess sugar in the blood stream. 

Your hip and abdomen bear the consequences; more weight gain!

A common scenario is the consumption of white bread and chocolate for breakfast might make one filled at first but few hours later hunger strikes back. 

Equally in the afternoon; chilled soft drink with snack may be taken this fizzles away too quickly in a bid to get filled you end up consuming more sugary foods.

Fast acting foods includes candies, chocolate, white bread, white rice among others.

Lastly, practice sugar withdrawal and you will be glad you did. You are not asked to give up sugary foods completely, no. Your body needs sugar for energy production. Simply cut back on the amount of sugar you consume.

 It may increase the risk of certain cancer:

It is exigent to accept that too much sugar can cause cancer but is true. Like I said earlier, excess sugar in the blood triggers the pumping of insulin in the blood. 

This insulin hang around in the blood stream longer than it should thus, giving rise to the production of free radicals; terrorists fighting against the body.

In a research conducted by Harvard school of public health involving 50,000 middle aged men, those dieting on fast acting sugary food were 32% more likely to have colon and rectal cancer. 

A Mexican survey found that 62% of women with breast cancer consumed more blood sugar raising foods than those who did not show cancer sign. 

Also an Italian survey showed that men between ages of 46 to 74 who consumed more of sugary foods were more likely to develop prostate cancer. Withdrawing sugar from your diet can help prevent the occurrence of cancer.

Conclusion

With these in mind, start making the right diet choice so as to avoid taking a path that would cut years off your life span. 

I am certain you would not want this to be your case. So why not make a decision on shifting from a poor dieting life style to a good one.

 

References:

Hill J. O. and Prentice A. M. (1995). Sugar and body weight regulation, Am J Clin Nutr.  62 (1): 264S-273S.

Barbara V. Howard and  Judith Wylie-Rosett (2002).Sugar and cardiovascular disease, Committee on Nutrition of the Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism of the American Heart Association , 106:523–527.

Reader’s digest (2007). Magic food for better sugar. 11-18.

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