Nimzing Ladep, MBBS FRCP PhD
Jan 8, 20191 min
1. Contributes to weight gain
- does this by increasing your craving for food.
2. Increases risk of heart disease
-does this by increasing obesity, blood sugar and bad cholesterol which clogs blood vessels
3. Increase pimples
- leads to altered hormone regulation in the body with the eventual higher tendency to higher stress hormone levels
4. Increases risk of diabetes
- chronic stimulation of pancreatic release of insulin - leads to peripheral insulin resistance
5. Increases cancer risk
- most of the metabolic activities mentioned above can promote the development of cancer
6. increased depression
- neurotransmitter dysregulation
7. accelerates aging process and increased wrinkling
- deposition of glucose end products on tissues damage the ones responsible for maintaining elasticity
8 Increase development of fatty liver - which can progress to inflammation of the liver and indeed cirrhosis
9. Damages teeth and increased formation of dental caries
- bacterial action of sugar around teeth
10. increased risk of dementia
- impaired memory
Watch out for ways to reduce sugar consumption
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