All of us like sweets – it’s a constant. But who could thought that a pure pleasure is addictive and slowly killing us all, according to scientists.
Scietists believe that our decline in health (obesity, metabolic syndrome, heart diseases, diabetes, cancer) over the past few decades is directly connected with global increase in ingestion of fructose, sucrose, HFCS and other substances.
Sugar is a sweet drug
Dr Lustic claims that sugar is an addictive toxin that damages public health to the point that we now need government intervention. It’s addictive, stimulating as it does the release of feel-good hormone dopamine – and the food industry knows it.
Manufactures benefit from people’s health
Food manufacturers pump it into everything from ‘low fat’ yoghurt to ready meals and breakfast cereal. They do this to make food taste nicer. What is even more bad is that such foods tend to have all the fibre stripped out, and fibre can help to slow digestion, regulate appetite, and reduce fat storage.
Damaging impacts on the body
Studies illustrate that large intakes of refined sugar cause huge spikes in insulin which promote fat storage. Over a period of time, this can lead to insulin resistance and leptin resistance – leptin is the hormone that sends signals to decrease your appetite.
Than means your body becomes more and more inclined to store fat, whilst you remain hungry. But that does not mean you should completely cut sugar out of your diet. Just try to control the amount of sweets you consume (don’t forget about other sources of hidden sugars such as cereals, flavored yogurts, salad dressing, ketchup etc.) and minimize it. Be healthy, be strong!
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SOURCES: Metro
