What are the effects of sugar?

The effects of sugar have been studied a lot; Many of the results are inconclusive. It is certainly true that sugar does not provide the body of any nutrients, only calories. For this reason, sugar is known as empty calories food that should be consumed in moderation. The problem is that so much packed and processed foods today contain so many sweeteners that the effects of sugar on the diet of many people are harmful.

If people are too full of sweet foods, it is easy to get enough healthy food in the diet. The habit of eating a lot of sugar can also mean that people have become accustomed to having everything sweet; They often add too much sugar to otherwise healthy meals. For example, sugar is usually added to tomatoes, tomato sauce and ketchup. Sugar is a cheap food for the manufacturer for use and appears in salad dressings, peanut butter and many other meals. Sugar can be "hidden" in so many packaged, prepared and processed foods is easy for many people to underestimate how many sweet foods in realSti consume.

At the top of food with sugar used during eating, most people also have desserts, soda and candies before they usually contain sugar. According to the Ministry of Agriculture of the USA (USDA), the limit of the daily sugar consumption should be a person based on a 2,000 caloric diet of about 10 teaspoons (40 g). However, USDA studies have shown that Americans on average closer to 20 teaspoons (80 g) of sugar a day. One portion of soda has at least 10 teaspoons of sugar and some brands contain much more.

While sugar consumption does not cause diabetes, it complicates it. Diabetics cannot properly process sugar because it causes sugars in their blood are too high (hypoglycaemia) or too low (hyperglycemia). Wide swings in high and low sugar levels can cause serious health problems, drought such as blindness, loss of limbs and coma. Glucose or sugar tolerance tests are given when doctors suspect that PACaces have diabetes. In the glucose tolerance test, the sugar level is tested after an individual beverage sweet substance.

The study of sugar effects on the date of behavior until 1922. Since then, many studies have been conducted on hyperactivity or disorder of attention hyperactivity (ADHA) and sugar effects in children. Most of these results are inconclusive.

Sugar consumption has been shown to cause tooth decay. It is important to realize that other meals can also rot teeth if sufficient brushing and flossing are not sufficient. Foods leave bacteria on the teeth that can cause cavities. Brushing and thread of teeth should be done after a meal. Eating too much sugar can cause a weight gain that can lead to obesity.

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