Sugar is an empty food. It has many calories but no healthy eating plan. Within fact, it can drain nourishment from your body. Raw sugarcane has nutrients that refined sugars do not. These nutrients are necessary for you to metabolize it. Because they are not present within refined sugars they must be taken from your body tissues.
The blood sugar levels spike you experience for about 30 minutes after eating something sweet is followed by a terrible crash. This crash makes you feel sleepy and mentally foggy. Sugar is highly addictive. Too much can lead to type II Diabetes, heart disease and stroke not to mention obesity. It can cause mood swings and headaches. It causes calcium to be lost through the urine and ultimately from the bones leading to osteoporosis. It throws your hormones and nourishment out of balance and puts the body into a state of chaos. It reduces your immunity and makes you more susceptible to illness. It is connected with inflammatory diseases and joint pain. It is also connected with eczema and skin diseases and can cause flare ups.
Glucose also reduces mineral content within your body leading to deficiency. Calcium, magnesium, zinc and chromium are all at risk. The loss of these minerals can lead to digestive problems because the minerals are needed to produce digestive enzymes. Undigested food particles can enter your bloodstream. This is how food allergies begin. Foods commonly combined with glucose such as milk, corn and wheat become allergens in this way.
The easiest way to cut down on the sugar within your diet is to stop drinking soft drinks and juices and eating candy, cookies, cakes, pies, and ice cream. You also need to look for it in less obvious places such as cereals, salad dressings and jarred tomato sauces. In fact carbohydrates in many forms is hidden in most processed foods. You need to look for it with the fifteen to twenty different names that it is hidden under such as molasses, maltodextrin, malt syrup and corn syrup. Keep a sharp eye out especially for snack bars and energy bars, even the ones that claim to be healthy can be loaded with it. When it comes to your health the previous phrase "Allow the Buyer Be wary" is quite much alive and well.