Sugar Rush: Health Benefits and Side Effects of Eating Sweets

Eating some sweet things like dark chocolate is also beneficial. A study included men aged 45 to 79 who consumed about 10 grams of dark chocolate daily. These men were found to have about 17 percent less chances of having a stroke than other men (who did not eat chocolate completely).

The flavonoids present in sweets lower the BP. After reviewing 20 types of studies, it was found that people who consume 3 to 100 grams of dark chocolate or cocoa powder daily, their BP becomes slightly lower than others.

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Experts say that people who eat sweet things do more physical activities to avoid its harm. Eating sweet things encourages people to stay active. Along with this, after eating sweet things, some people are also able to control their other bad eating habits.

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• Sweets have a high calorie content, eating a little sweet gives you more energy. By eating too many sweets, you consume more calories than required in a day. Due to less physical work, the calorie burn is less and starts accumulating in the body. Due to this, your body weight starts increasing rapidly and you start becoming obese.
• According to a study conducted by a renowned university, most sweet things like juice, sweet tea contain high amounts of fructose corn syrup, which increases hunger more than glucose. This is related to the change in the metabolic process. This change later became the reason for increasing obesity.
• People who consume more soda, juice are obese, because a 473 ml can of soda-based drink contains 52 grams of sugar, which is 10 percent of the daily calorie intake (average 2000 calories).
• Sugar-filled drinks open the way to diabetes and heart disease through belly fat.
• High amounts of fructose disrupt the functioning of the leptin hormone. This hormone determines hunger and tells your body when not to eat, i.e., it makes you feel full.

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Organizations related to dental health advice to eat less sweet things, because they start having many side effects on the teeth in a very short time. As soon as plaque present in food, sugar present in toffee, baked food and sweet beverages enter the mouth, an acidic reaction starts. Due to this acidic reaction, decay starts in the teeth and after some time the problem of cavity also starts in the teeth.

First of all, let us tell you that there are two types of cholesterol in the body, the first of which is called low density lipoprotein (LDL) or bad cholesterol, while the second is called high density lipoprotein (LDL) or good cholesterol. Exercising in the daily routine affects the level of cholesterol. Also, your diet plays an important role in this.

A study has shown that eating too many sweet things reduces the level of high density lipoprotein, which can be harmful for your heart. High density lipoprotein is helpful for health, because it removes excess cholesterol present in the blood. Due to the decrease in the level of high density lipoprotein, cholesterol starts accumulating easily in the blood vessels, which hinders blood circulation and can cause it to stop. This condition is called coronary artery disease.

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In the last 30 years, the number of diabetes cases has doubled all over the world. According to a study conducted in 175 countries, every 150 calories of extra sugar (about one can of soda) consumed increases the risk of diabetes by 1.1 percent. Obesity due to excess sugar increases the risk of diabetes the most.

The biggest disadvantage of eating too many sweets is that it increases the blood sugar level rapidly. After eating sweet things, your pancreas releases more insulin, which clears the sugar from the blood present in the cells. As the blood sugar level comes down, the insulin level also becomes normal.

But by eating sweets repeatedly, your body starts requiring more amount of insulin to do the same work and after some time your pancreas becomes incapable of producing insulin. Due to lack of insulin production, your chances of diabetes increase.

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Candy, baked sweets, soda and other sweet beverages interfere with the functioning of the immune system. Due to this, you are at increased risk of cold, flu and other viral infections. A study has shown that for about five hours after eating sweets, the function of white blood cells is under pressure and they are unable to destroy harmful bacteria quickly.

Continually eating sweets has a bad effect on the bones. Research has revealed that including more sweet things in the diet weakens the bones. Due to this, you may get fractures and your working capacity reduced.

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Refined carbohydrates, sugary foods and drinks are harmful for the skin and cause acne. Foods with a high glycemic index, such as processed sweets, increase blood sugar levels comparatively faster. Sweet foods increase blood sugar and insulin levels, which leads to problems like hormonal imbalance, oily skin, inflammation. All these problems are responsible for acne. Studies conducted on many people have found that in rural areas where traditional non-processed food items are used, cases of acne are found to be very low.