SUGAR ADDICTION IS REAL

Sugar, in moderate amounts, is essential to our body. As a carbohydrate, it helps supply you with the energy you need for your daily activities. All of your cells use it. But at the same time, sugar is also a calorie, and once it is in consumed in excess, negative effects to your health will follow. Some of the usual suspects include energy drinks, sodas, candy bars, artificial sweeteners, and so much more. Everyone has access to them.

In the same time massive sugar addiction could pose a significant threat to your health, divided into four categories: Increased Risk of Diseases and Sicknesses, Nutrient Imbalance or Deficiency, Bodily Impairments, and Behavioral Changes.

Nutrient Imbalance or Deficiency

1. Upsets the mineral relationships in your body

2. Chromium deficiency

3. Interferes with the absorption of calcium, magnesium, and protein

4. Increases total cholesterol, triglycerides, and bad cholesterol levels

5. Decreases good cholesterol levels

6. Lowers vitamin E levels

7. Body changes sugar into two to five times more fat in the bloodstream compared to starch

Behavioral Changes

1. Addictive and intoxicating, similar to alcohol

2. Rapid rise of adrenaline, hyperactivity, and anxiety

3. Leads to difficulty in concentration, drowsiness, and crankiness in children

4. Results in decreased activity in children

5. Reduces learning capacity and can cause learning disorders that could affect schoolchildren’s grades

6. Increases risk of antisocial behavior

7. Decrease in emotional stability

8. Depression

9. Alcoholism

Increased Risk of Diseases and Sicknesses

1. Feeds cancer cells

2. Can induce cell death

3. Increases fasting levels of glucose

4. Increases systolic blood pressure

5. Significant increase in platelet adhesion

6. Leads to formation of kidney stones and gallstones

7. Rapid sugar absorption promotes excessive food intake

8. Obesity

9. Decreases insulin sensitivity, leading to high insulin levels and eventually diabetes

10. Reactive hypoglycemia

11. Headaches, including migraines

12. Dizziness

13. Gastrointestinal tract problems

14. Food allergies

15. Promotes chronic degenerative diseases

16. Causes atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases

17. Causes cataracts and nearsightedness

18. May lead to autoimmune diseases like arthritis, asthma, and multiple sclerosis

19. Causes emphysema

20. Contributes to osteoporosis

21. Contraction of appendicitis, hemorrhoids, and varicose veins

22. Parkinson’s disease (people with said disease have high sugar intake)

23. Increases risk of gout and Alzheimer’s disease

24. Acidity in saliva, tooth decay, and periodontal diseases

25. Gum disease

26. Greatly promotes uncontrolled growth of Candida Albicans (yeast infections)

27. Toxemia in pregnancy

28. Contributes to eczema in children

29. Worsens symptoms of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

30. Increases risk of polio

31. May lead to epileptic seizures

32. Could lead to high blood pressure in obese people

33. Increased consumption in intensive care units can induce death

Bodily Impairments

1. Has potential to induce abnormal metabolic processes in a normal healthy individual

2. Suppression of immune system, increasing risk of contracting infectious diseases

3. Loss of tissue elasticity and function

4. Weaker eyesight

5. Premature aging

6. Increases advanced glycation end products wherein sugar molecules attach to proteins and end up damaging them

7. DNA structure impairment

8. Can cut off oxygen to brain via intravenous feedings

9. Change in protein structure and causes a permanent alteration of protein acts in your body

10. Changing of collagen structure

11. Skin aging

12. Impairs physiological homeostasis of bodily systems

13. Lowers ability of enzymes to function

14. Increases liver size by making liver cells divide, increasing the amount of liver fat

15. Increase kidney size and producing pathological changes

16. Pancreatic damage

17. Increase in body’s fluid retention

18. Affects urinary electrolyte composition

19. Slows down ability of adrenal glands to function

20. Compromises lining of capillaries

21. Brittle tendons

22. Can cause an increase in delta, alpha, and theta brain waves, which can alter the mind’s ability to think clearly

23. Causes hormonal imbalances

24. Increases free radicals and oxidative stress

25. Leads to substantial decrease in gestation, with a twofold increased risk for delivering a small-for-gestational-age infant

26. Dehydration among newborns

27. Affects carbon dioxide production when given to premature babies

Is sugar addiction sabotaging your health?

Studies suggest sugar is eight times more addictive than class A drugs.