Present lifestyle in modern people has eating fast food in breakfast, midday meal and take out dinners, this lifestyle can lead to difficult to stick to a healthy diet plan. Important considerations in health that many of us are unaware are harmful effects produced on the body by the consumption of sugar. Sugar can be good for our body or can be bad sugar.
When simple sugars like fructose, glucose and lactose are obtained naturally from whole foods, say fruits, they are not harmful for the body as they come along with nutrients like vitamins, minerals, proteins, fiber and antioxidants. On the other hand, any type of sugar which is added to food while cooking or processing is called added sugar and is bad for our health.
Chemical flavor enhancers are another health impairing factor and processed foods contain both sugar and flavor in abundance. Similarly, soft drinks like diet soda are called liquid candy due to their high sugar content. They have artificial sweeteners that are sweeter than sugar and will promote sugar cravings. Adding sugar to everyday food has become the norm and any packed or processed food available in the market, be it bread or cheese spread, has artificial calorific sweeteners.
Products in the market to enable weight loss- the low fat diet foods contain very high amounts of fructose. The metabolism of fructose is a function of solely the liver, high amounts of which will therefore, take a toll on the health of this very vital organ. Unlike glucose which is burned up by the body for energy, fructose gets stored as fat deposits. The fructose that gets stored as fat in the liver is later carried out as cholesterol particles that little quantity gets stored in the liver and is not transported out. This conditions leads to Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD), or simply, fatty liver, it is closely connected to metabolic disorders and increases the risk for diabetes and heart attacks.
The reason behind fatty livers is the high fructose corn syrup found in a good number of processed foods. Fatty liver is associated with inflammation in the body which in turn leads to insulin resistance and pre-diabetes which is characterized by fat deposits around organs and in the belly. This belly fat is dangerous as it signifies quantities of the dangerous cholesterol, LDL.
Nowadays even 10 and 12 year olds are amongst those who get liver transplants for fatty liver. This shows the alarming detrimental quality of the modern day food habits which rely on fast food and sodas as the staple diet. This is time for promote the habit of healthy eating in the younger generation so as to bring them up in the best of health and not poisoned from a very young age. The best way to ensure this is to eliminate fructose and include more vegetables and fibers in the diet. Sugar is as addictive a substance as cocaine or any other drug, therefore the only means is total abstinence by following a healthy sugar free diet.
Chemical flavor enhancers are another health impairing factor and processed foods contain both sugar and flavor in abundance. Similarly, soft drinks like diet soda are called liquid candy due to their high sugar content. They have artificial sweeteners that are sweeter than sugar and will promote sugar cravings. Adding sugar to everyday food has become the norm and any packed or processed food available in the market, be it bread or cheese spread, has artificial calorific sweeteners.
Products in the market to enable weight loss- the low fat diet foods contain very high amounts of fructose. The metabolism of fructose is a function of solely the liver, high amounts of which will therefore, take a toll on the health of this very vital organ. Unlike glucose which is burned up by the body for energy, fructose gets stored as fat deposits. The fructose that gets stored as fat in the liver is later carried out as cholesterol particles that little quantity gets stored in the liver and is not transported out. This conditions leads to Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD), or simply, fatty liver, it is closely connected to metabolic disorders and increases the risk for diabetes and heart attacks.
The reason behind fatty livers is the high fructose corn syrup found in a good number of processed foods. Fatty liver is associated with inflammation in the body which in turn leads to insulin resistance and pre-diabetes which is characterized by fat deposits around organs and in the belly. This belly fat is dangerous as it signifies quantities of the dangerous cholesterol, LDL.
Nowadays even 10 and 12 year olds are amongst those who get liver transplants for fatty liver. This shows the alarming detrimental quality of the modern day food habits which rely on fast food and sodas as the staple diet. This is time for promote the habit of healthy eating in the younger generation so as to bring them up in the best of health and not poisoned from a very young age. The best way to ensure this is to eliminate fructose and include more vegetables and fibers in the diet. Sugar is as addictive a substance as cocaine or any other drug, therefore the only means is total abstinence by following a healthy sugar free diet.
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