Why should avoid Sugar from your diet, dangers of Sugar

Ever packed your kid’s snack boxes with chocolate donuts &cookies? Can’t stop munching over packets of m & m? Let us tell you about something that hides in all kinds of snacks that you munch on – SUGAR.

1.       Sugar suppresses the immune system: Eating lots of sugar can temporarily tamp down your immune system’s ability to respond to infections & challenges. When you consume sugar, you place your immune system in a weakened state. Eating sugar causes the white blood cells to dysfunction. 

A study reveals that sugar molecules impair the neutrophils that engulf bacteria. Neutrophil is the major type of WBC that you have & one of their main jobs is to gobble up the microbes that enter your body. Sugar weakens these neutrophils so that they can’t get their critical job done.

2.       Sugar promotes inflammation: Eating too much sugary foods may fuel excessive and inappropriate inflammation that serve no useful purpose and actually promotes aging and disease.

3.       Sugar suppresses the release of human growth hormone:  Avoiding food that is high in sugar content is an excellent way to gradually slow down your aging process. Exercising, going longer between meals, and avoiding undue stress can also help in the process.

4.       Insulin Resistance: When sugar is consumed, insulin allows these sugar molecules into the cells. But if we consume excessive sugar then the insulin becomes less effective. Sugar doesn’t get into the body cells and hence become stuck in the body thus producing toxic effects that usually leads to threat of diabetes & obesity.

5.       Sugar promotes glycation: Once the sugar molecules get into the bloodstream, they start finding things to combine with, like protein and fat molecules. This combination molecule is known as AGE or advanced glycation end products. This process of combination or hooking up is termed “glycation”. These molecules produce toxic compounds that fast-forward the aging process. Much of the damage done by AGEs is irreversible. 

Apart from all these, excessive consumption of sugar also leads to:

1.  High Blood Pressure
2.  High Cholesterol
3.  Liver Disease

The World Health Organization suggests that you keep your sugar intake to no more than 10% of total calories if you’re healthy and 5% if you have an inclination to heart diseases or diabetes.

What to expect when decide to cut the sugar off your diet?

You don’t have to be surprised if you experience withdrawal symptoms like irritability and moodiness. This effect accentuates if you are trying to avoid caffeine at the same time. The good news is that it will pass in seven to ten days.