Excessive sugar intake causes health risk!

in blurthealth •  4 years ago 
Have you ever calculated how many teaspoons of sugar you eat a day? In fact, none of us think about how many teaspoons of sugar we eat throughout the day. Eating too much sugar can lead to various problems.

According to the American Heart Association, the world consumes an average of 22 teaspoons of sugar per day. As a result, we are rapidly moving towards greater danger. Take a look at the dangers of eating too much sugar.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), eating more than 25 grams (8 teaspoons) of sugar per day is very harmful to our health! Eating more sugar than this can lodge in our body non-communicable diseases like obesity, high blood pressure, heart disease. Problems such as premature tooth decay, anxiety, and depression can be exacerbated by eating too much sugar.


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According to the World Health Organization, adult males consume a maximum of 37.5 grams (9 teaspoons) of sugar per day and women consume a maximum of 25 grams (8 teaspoons) of sugar per day.

Excessive sugar intake increases blood pressure. Surprised to hear, but it is true! Eating too much sugar increases the level of insulin in the body which can lead to high blood pressure. The risk of stroke may increase later.

Sugar enters the body and turns into fructose which plays a direct role in the accumulation of fat in the liver. It even increases the amount of fat in the blood. Eating too much sugar can lead to depression after a while. One study found that eating too much sugar reduced the secretion of a hormone called dopamine in our brain. People's feelings of happiness, sorrow, joy, laughter and tears are controlled through this hormone.

We all know that eating too much sugar increases sugar. When the amount of sugar in the heart increases, various cardiovascular diseases are seen.

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