What is Sugar?

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The Boss of the renowned band "Three White Deaths"

( refined sugar, salt and flour )

What are sugars?

Sugars are carbohydrates, whose metabolism in our cells give energy.
Carbohydrates are chemical compounds of carbon, oxygen and hydrogen (in various combinations).
We can divide them into two large groups - digestible and not digestibles.

Sugars are digestible.

They other are fibers - food .
About to them in special post.

Types of Sugars

Simple or monosaccharides (1 molecule-glucose, fructose or galactose)

Double or disaccharides (2 monosaccharide molecules - sucrose, maltose or lactose )
Dextrins or oligosaccharides (3 to 10 molecules of monosaccharide) and
Multiple or polysaccharides (lots of monosaccharide molecules)
More details ?

Chemical composition

Sugar is per chemical composition saccharose - double carbohydrate formed as a compound of glucose (grain sugar) and fructose (fruit sugar).
Made is from sugar cane or sugar beet.
Although the processes of getting very different, the final product is identical.

So, what is problem?

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Refined (white) sugar is empty.
This means that only produce empty calories.
Brown sugar is the same for the most part.
You can wash it in water because this is color (in most cases).
So, sugar is only useful as a source of energy, and that very, very bad?

It quickly increases the blood glucose level (energy outflow).
The pancreas responds with a higher amount of insulin and quickly resolves excess sugar (energy loss - drowsiness).
Fast changes are not good.

The substance known today as sugar has little to do withitself the plant ( reed ).
It's about pure saccharose of ohne impurities, vitamin, mineral, enzymes and all vital elements.

It's a completely artificial chemical substance.

It's like you're made it in a lab !!!

Like other pure chemical substances,
sucrose stimulates the organism with the current energy shock (explosion), but him it quickly weakens and makes it tense
because the entire metabolic circuit works "in the empty".

But the biggest problem had that yes for the digestion of sugar are consume stocks of vitamins, amino acids and minerals.

The bad sides of sugars

Thickness

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Sugar is stored in the form of glycogen in the liver and muscles.
When all supplies are filled, then it turns into fatty tissue.

Sugar is, and not fat, guilty of a modern epidemic of obesity.

Prekomjerne količine šećera djeluju negativno na zdravlje potičući cijeli niz metaboličkih sindroma.

Addiction

More and more studies have shown that sugar and sweet foods can stimulate the behavior of addiction in humans.
Who will most easily become an addict? Who loves candy most?
Children ... And adults who find in food.
This is now a big problem because interests are as always in question.
The food industry loses its ground under its feet.
Addiction maintenance suits them.
Healthy food? Trends?
I doubt.

Where are the researches on the danger of sugar? Somebody's pushing them under the carpet?

Immune system

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Studies have shown that the activity of phagocytes (cells that destroy harmful substances),
deteriorated at least five hours after excessive intake of simple sugars.
The consumption of minerals and vitamins (for sugar metabolism) further weakens the immune system.
Calories that do not burns in the body, are stored in the liver in the form of fat, and the consequence may be a condition called fat liver.

Liver cirrhosis

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If not treated ( fat liver ),
develops like a liver disease caused by alcohol !!!

The liver has more and more scars, and is the ultimate consequence of cirrhos.

The most common cause of liver cirrhosis is alcohol,
and then the fatty liver disease as a result of poor diet !!

Caries

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The appearance of caries is conditioned by sweet and sticky foods in contact with the bacteria in the mouth.
Bacteria produce acid that cracks the tooth enamel.
More sugar, more acids!

Hyperactivity

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Sugar is the primary cause of hyperactivity in children.

Diabetes

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The onset of diabetes is closely related to obesity.

Heart and bloodstream system

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If you do not control the sugar, you raise the level of bad cholesterol that stays in the blood vessels.

Here's new your problem.

Older look

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Sugar also causes changes on the face - the symptoms of sugar face, are acne, pale skin and sub eyes,
Sugar also slows the synthesis of collagen and elastin, so your skin will lose its healthy and fresh appearance.

My thinking for the End

I did not list all the damaging effects because this is enough to get the picture.
Sugar can be freely called poison.
If we know that some food is spoiled (poisonous) we will throw it in the trash.
Even 40% of people eating Western foods develop symptoms of metabolic syndrome, which usually means diabetes, elevated blood pressure, fat level problems, cardiovascular disease, obesity in the area of the waist and upper body.
For all these modern diseases The culprits are smoking, alcohol and improper diet, according to the UN report.

These are worrying data.
We make monsters out of ourselves (with sugar)!

It's clear that we have to do something with sugar.

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Alternative Sugar

Try to find an alternative.
For example, honey, maple and agave syrup are natural sweeteners, although made of simple sugars, offer some advantages.
Then, calorie-free stevia, and 300 to 400 times sweeter than sugar.
In addition, research has shown that stevias can lower high blood pressure and favorably affect the digestive system by reducing nausea and heartburn and boost digestion.

What you think?

Until next time, many greetings