Beware of the dangers of eating too much sweets

Most people like to eat sweets, especially women. Cakes, snacks, puddings, drinks, sugar water, etc. are all women's favorites. However, people do not know that eating too much sweets can cause many harms to the body. The World Health Organization once investigated the causes of death of the population in 23 countries and finally concluded that the harm of sugar addiction is worse than smoking. Long-term consumption of foods with high sugar content can lead to a variety of diseases and significantly shorten people's lifespan. Therefore, some people call sweets "sweet killers" and put forward the slogan of "quitting sugar".

So how much sugar should we eat in our daily lives?

Nutritionists recommend a total daily intake of 20 to 30 grams of sugar. What does this mean? Among the sweets that people often eat, a tablespoon of jam contains about 15 grams of sugar, a can of cola contains about 37 grams of sugar, 3 small pieces of chocolate contain about 9 grams of sugar, a roll of ice cream contains about 10 grams of sugar, and a few biscuits contain about 10 grams of sugar... If you are not careful, the 20 to 30 grams of sugar limit is very easy to exceed. Therefore, women who love sweets should pay attention from now on and strictly control the amount of sweets they eat every day. Otherwise, long-term excessive consumption of sweets can easily cause sweet syndrome, optic neuritis and other hazards.

Prone to sweet food syndrome.

When people consume sugary drinks, desserts, fruit cheese and other foods, the body breaks down sugar to generate heat, and the metabolites produced require the participation of B vitamins in detoxification and are finally excreted from the body. Long-term excessive consumption of sweets will cause a deficiency of B vitamins in the body due to excessive consumption, resulting in the accumulation of waste in the human body; at the same time, it will negatively affect the body's heat metabolism, protein, fat, carbohydrate metabolism, and energy conversion in the brain and tissues. Therefore, it is easy to cause sweet food syndrome. Mild cases manifest as abnormal emotions, irritability, anger, etc.; severe cases can lead to obesity, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, etc.

Can easily cause acne.

Too much sweets will slow down the metabolism of vitamin B group in the body, causing the skin to produce a lot of oil. Excessive oil secretion will cause pores to be clogged, resulting in annoying acne. If sugar intake is excessive and cannot be completely digested and metabolized, part of the sugar will attach to the protein in the dermis, causing the protein to deteriorate. This process is called "glycation". The collagen responsible for maintaining the elasticity of the skin is the first to be affected, causing the skin's elasticity to deteriorate. In addition, too much sugar will increase the release of insulin, increase the amount of male hormones in the body, and increase sebum secretion, which is also a potential factor in causing acne. In addition, in the process of melanin production, tyrosinase will be activated to produce melanin when it encounters sugar. Excessive sugar intake is equivalent to adding "power" to the formation of melanin, which can easily make the skin darker and lose its luster.

Can easily cause optic neuritis.

Problems with the optic nerve are closely related to sweets. Although the pathogenesis of optic neuritis is very complex, vitamin B1 deficiency is an important cause. Vitamin B1 is one of the nutritional sources of the optic nerve, and the metabolism of sugar in the body requires a large amount of vitamin B1. If you often eat a lot of sweets, it will not only cause eye fatigue, but also cause the optic nerve to "malfunction" due to "nutritional shortage." In addition, when vitamin B1 is deficient, it will also affect the oxidation of sugars in the body. Incomplete oxides retained in the blood will have a certain toxic effect on the optic nerve, thereby inducing or aggravating optic neuritis. In addition, it will also lead to the occurrence of amblyopia, myopia, and senile cataracts in children.

Can easily cause obesity.

The sugar in desserts will be converted into glucose to provide energy for the human body. When there is excess energy, it will be converted into protein and eventually form fat. If you eat too much sugar, the remaining part will be converted into fat and stored, causing obesity, which is the source of many diseases.

Can cause malnutrition and anemia.

In order to lose weight, some people deliberately reduce their food intake and control their appetite, and consume some sugar or sweets to replace most of their meals. It seems that they do eat less food, but in fact, excessive consumption of sugar will produce more calories, which will not only not help lose weight, but will lead to obesity. In addition, although the total calories needed by the body are sufficient, other nutrients such as protein, fat, minerals, vitamins, and fiber will be greatly lacking, resulting in nutritional imbalance, which will cause malnutrition and even anemia over time.

It will make your temper worse.

The sugar in sweets consumes too much vitamin B1 in the blood, causing the metabolites of pyruvic acid and lactic acid to not be effectively discharged and accumulate in large quantities. These chemical elements can make people impulsive, willful, moody, crybaby, angry, irritable, in a bad mood, and have inexplicable troubles. Eating too much sweets can also cause physical and psychological dependence, and its principle is similar to that of drugs. People who are used to sweets will produce opioid-like substances in their brains. They feel extremely happy when eating sweets, but once they stop eating sweets, they will feel painful and irritable.

It can easily cause tooth decay and oral ulcers.

Sweets can provide good growth and reproduction conditions for oral bacteria, and these bacteria together with residual sugar will increase the acidity of teeth, teeth and mouth. If teeth are often eroded by acid, it is easy to cause tooth decay and oral ulcers.

It can easily cause hair to turn gray.

American researchers have found that if women eat too much sweets for a long time, it will accelerate the aging of cells and cause gray hair. This is because sugar is an acidic food. Eating a lot of sugar will change the body environment from alkaline to neutral or weakly acidic. The increase of free radicals in the body will promote cell aging, causing hair to turn yellow or white, and even hair loss. Therefore, experts remind women to eat sweets in moderation.

In addition, frequent and excessive consumption of sweets can also lead to high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, osteoporosis, gallstones, candidal vaginitis, breast tumors, etc. Therefore, the following groups of people are not suitable for eating too much sugar: patients with diabetes should not eat too much sugar, so as to avoid continuous increase in blood sugar and cause diabetic ketoacidosis; patients with eye diseases should not eat sugar, otherwise it will cause optic nerve conduction disorders and eventually lead to decreased vision; patients with liver diseases must control sugar intake to avoid excessive weight gain, causing fatty liver or obesity; patients with urinary stones should not eat too much sugar, especially when eating calcium-rich foods, they should eat less or no sugar, so as to avoid stones getting bigger and bigger; if patients with skin diseases eat too much sugar, it will increase the burden on skin secretion and make the condition worse; patients with stomach diseases will stimulate gastric acid secretion and increase the burden on the stomach, thereby aggravating belching, acid reflux and pain; patients with nephritis will increase vascular damage and increase the burden on kidney blood vessels, which will eventually worsen the condition.

However, we should not be afraid of sugar, or even reluctantly give up our favorite sweets. If we are in good health, as long as we strictly control the amount of sweets we eat, scientifically match our daily diet, and eat sweets in moderation, it will not affect our health.