what are the consequences of consuming too much sugar? what does it do to the body system?
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what are the consequences of consuming too much sugar? what does it do to the body system?
if you eat too much sugar in one sitting repeatedly, there will most likely be negative health outcomes (moodiness, headaches, sluggishness, weight gain, decreased concentration, aches and pains, increased inflammation, increased risk of chronic disease like heart disease, type 2 diabetes…); so decreasing your consumption can help these issues.
There are simple carbohydrates and complex ones. The body should only be able to absorb simple sugars, so you digest complex carbs into simple ones (glucose, fructose..).
Since you get glucose from complex carbs (fruits, vegetables, nuts, beans, whole grains) there is no health benefit of simple, refined sugar, and adding it to your diet can result is consuming way too much.
Getting carbohydrates from whole foods means you’re also getting crucial nutrients that are not present in most foods that have added and refined sugar. They also take longer to digest and absorb since you have to break them down first; this is especially true when eaten with a meal because protein, fiber and fat slow the process. The slower the absorption of simple carbs, the less risk for health issues.
It makes you gain weight, because it is metabolized in the liver into LDL cholesterol and triglycerides. Triglycerides are stored as fatty acids in fat tissue. The increased refined sugar consumption including the hidden sugar consumption of processed foods has been the reason of the obesity wave of the last 2 decades.
Increased heart attacks.
Sugar overconsumption is bad for your heart: Eating too much added sugar increases the risk of dying with heart disease. This is a gradual process. It starts with insulin resistance; there is too much insulin production from the pancreas, which makes the insulin receptors on body cells less sensitive to insulin. As a result the blood sugar level is too high, which is how the doctor diagnoses diabetes. There are serious complications of diabetes, like blindness from retinopathy, circulation problems leading to amputations of their legs. Another complication is nephropathy, a form of kidney disease. Diabetic neuropathy is a form of nerve damage as a result of high blood sugars. This can be extremely painful. Heart attacks are also much more common in patients with diabetes.