9 REASONS TO QUIT SUGAR ... RIGHT NOW !!!!
1. SUGAR SLOWS YOU DOWN
Look , this year , give up Sugar & have no more "post-lunch coma"! Let your meals contain more protein than anything else, as well as veggies and other fiber-rich foods, so your blood sugar stays level all afternoon. While your co-workers become sluggish, passing yawns between desks, and staring bleary-eyed at their computer monitors, You remain alert. Get more work done during the second half of your day than You did before lunch !! Ps. I often receive snarky comments from other employees / co workers about my abnormal energy level. When I tell them my "secret" , they would roll their eyes or remark on how they could never give up sugar. Lol !
I don't mind. It feels good to not be tired all afternoon.
2. SUGAR HAMPERS MENTAL ACTIVITY
Your performance at work will increase not only because You were able to maintain stable blood-sugar and energy throughout the day, but also because your memory will improve. You focus better , and when You are inevitably interrupted, You can address whatever matters required immediate attention then bounce right back to the task You had been working on beforehand without having to stop and think about what you were doing.
This is due to :
- Blood - sugar levels being consistent and healthy, you don’t feel sleepy all of the time and your brain works better because of it.
- Overabundance of fructose such as that obtained from foods containing high-fructose corn syrup (Like Fizzy drinks are the main culprit in most cases) ... See HFCS ON PREVIOUS POSTS ... taxes your liver and pancreas. In short, these two organs have to work harder to manage all of that bad sugar and get it out of the blood stream. While doing so, they exhaust energy reserves which otherwise should have been used for processes such as breaking down fat and converting it to usable energy, as well as synthesizing hormones other than insulin. This results in an unpredictable combination of moodiness, anxiety, exhaustion, heaviness or bloating in the gut #UMKHABA , sluggish metabolism, and eventually a sick thyroid.
How could anyone’s brain be expected to function properly with all of this going on in the background? The answer: “It can’t and it won’t. ANEVA" !!!
Sugar Makes You FatAs previously mentioned, a diet that includes sugar – high levels of fructose in particular – makes you far more likely to overeat. However, this isn’t the only reason that sugar causes weight-gain. Because sugar stresses the pancreas by forcing it to produce elevated levels of insulin, other hormones are neglected such as those which regulate weight, stress, digestion, and metabolism. When these systems are unbalanced, we experience fatigue and mood swings. Also, when the body is stressed, it produces cortisol which signals the metabolism to go into conservation mode; leading to an even further decrease in energy, metabolism, and ability to burn fat stores.
So you see, there’s more to sugar than just empty calories packing the weight onto you.
4. SUGAR DEACTIVATES YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM
So far we’ve touched on sugar’s effects on the mind, gut, and wallet. Now, let’s take a look at some of the hidden dangers of eating too many sweets.
Eating or drinking too much sugar also deactivates T-cells, the component in blood that fights bacterial infections. This effect can last anywhere from a couple of hours to an entire day, depending on how much you consume. If you find yourself getting sick a lot during cold and flu season, take a look at your sugar-intake and remember: just one regular-sized can of soda is enough to turn off your immune system for an hour or more.
6. SUGAR DESTROYS YOUR LIVER
Sugar destroys the liver. High-fructose foods like juice, fizzy drinks, syrups, and other sweet liquids not only require the liver to work overtime to process them, they also cause it to neglect its other functions. An over-worked liver results in symptoms like fatigue, increase uric acid in the body, gout, high blood pressure, and kidney stones. Eating too much sugar also causes the liver to become fatty, leading to liver disease, insulin-resistance, and possibly even organ failure.
7. SUGAR LEADS TO CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Sugar doesn’t just increase fat around the waist and in the liver. By unbalancing the metabolism and hormones (specifically insulin), sugar also ramps up lipid levels in the blood stream. Over consumption of sugars is also now known to be a bigger cause of high blood pressure than salt. Between that and the increase in blood cholesterol and triglycerides, you’d better believe that your poor heart is struggling.
So you see, giving up sugar can prevent serious cardiovascular disease, in essence saving you from a broken heart! Literally !
8. SUGAR IS A PRIMARY CAUSE OF DIABETES
This one almost doesn’t need to be listed. Which of us hasn’t heard about the dangers of developing diabetes from eating too much sugar? But because it’s such a big risk; and a major detriment to your health, it has to be mentioned.
Here it is then: Eating too much sugar over extended periods of time leads to hypoglycemia and insulin resistance. Try to picture yourself pricking your finger with a tiny needle to test your blood a few times per day. Or maybe you’d like to have to self-administer syringes of insulin to yourself. Needles are fun, right?
Still need more reasons to give up sugar?
9. SUGAR DISRUPTS KIDNEY FUNCTION
The next time you decide to chow down on a bowl of ice cream or enjoy a can of delicious fizzy soda, remember that sugar disrupts kidney function. Think of just how painful it must be to pass a kidney stone; or of the itching, burning, and constant urge to urinate every fifteen minutes or so that comes with a good old-fashioned urinary tract infection. Perhaps we could take it a step further to a full-blown bladder infection, complete with abdominal pain, fever, and blood in the urine.
If you’re prone to gout, you should know that sugar-related kidney malfunction causes those flare-ups, too.
“Why are we thinking about all of these horrible things while we’re trying to enjoy our sugary treats,” you ask? Because you’re about 50% more likely to come down with these ailments if you eat or drink lots of sugary foods.
#DaciousHealthCorner !!!
Info from : Natural Living
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