Sugar addiction

Most of us eat junk food. Even we know it is bad for us, we continue to eat it. It is so tasty, it is everywhere and it is really hard to resist. Sugar doesn’t only taste good. It is addictive. Consuming it or even thinking about it cause euphoric effect that triggers the production of dopamine in our brain a neurotransmitter, that controls pleasure and is responsible for reward motivated behaviours. Studies show sugar is as addictive as alcohol or cocaine.

Around 80% of items in our groceries stores contains added sugar, so it is not only addictive, it is also hard to avoid. But, what we drink could be our biggest problem. Guzzle just one of these beverages (picture below) and you’ve more than filled your daily recommended sugar allowance.

Sugar are carbohydrates, which are roughly half glucose and half fructose. Consuming glucose makes your pancreas secret the hormone called insulin, which, along the other things, causes your body stores fat. Your liver deals with your fructose, but it can’t do it with the quantities which many of us consume today. It releases some of them as fat, but most of that backs up in our liver sells. Now you’ve got the condition called insulin resistance.

You’re secreting more and more insulin and in response to all the carbs in your diet. The result? You get fatter and you get fat build up in your now inflamed arteries. Your body can no longer regulate itself. Eventually, it will kill you.

Good news are, there are 4 simple things you can do to avoid an reverse the damage:

(1) Avoid sugary drinks. All that glucose and fructose literally is an assault on your system. Give tea or carbonated water a try. Something besides processed sugar water. Why drink all your calories?

(2) Read labels carefully. Yes, processed food are convenient, but often they are loaded with sugar and provide little nutrition.

(3) Exercise a little. It may not seem like much, but daily 30 minutes walk helps control your blood sugar and cravings.

(4) Don’t trust processed low-fat foods. Guess what. That missing fat is replaced by salt and sugar. And your body just converts added sugar into fat, after you eat.

In case you want to see the video, which was the source of information for this article, here it is :-)

Thanks for reading!