Demerits of sugar

Everyone in the world loves Sugar. From coffee to cake it is everywhere. Sugar is mostly used in Sweet dishes it is impossible to make sweet without it.

Sugar is also used in drinking  substances like cold drink, coffee, tea, milkshake etc.  On the one hand it enhances  the taste of food, whereas is on the other hand our body also cause great harm. According to some researchers, sugar is more dangerous than smoking.

How much damage does come from smoking to our body, the same damage happens with the excessive use of sugar. The use of sugar is just OK but more use of sugar in daily life is very dangerous. Here are some demerits of sugar -

Demerits of sugar -

1. Increases weight 

Generally we eat and drink all the things made from sugars like cold drinks, coffee, hot chocolate etc. But These things look delicious in eating but it damages our body and increases our weight.

 The main factor  responsible for weight gain is carbohydrate and sugar is carbohydrate. Too many carbohydrate lead to weight mainly due to extra calorie in diet. We usually intake sugar in the form of potato, cake, chocolate and all packaged sweet food. 

These foods provide very little nutrition and people tend to overindulge in them. If you consume an additional 500 kilo calories from these (approximately 5 pastry ) these food can lead to 1 pound weight gain per week.

Following some things we can stop weight gaining due to sugar like as -

• Do not eat packaged sweet dishes.

• Do not add more sugar to your coffee or tea.
• Eat sugar made food in a limited quantity.

 2. Causes tooth decay

Tooth decay is caused by bacteria in the  mouth using sugar from food. This problem is mostly common in children because the most eat chocolate, candy and sweet dishes etc. 

When we eats sugar or sugar made food the bacteria present in the mouth feed on the Sugar and create acid that destroy the tooth enamel which is the shiny protective outer layer of the tooth. Destroy of tooth enamel the hard outer layer of a tooth is called to decay or tooth cavity

The sign of two decay are pain when chewing food or anything, toothache and sensitivity.

Following some tips we can prevent tooth decay due to sugar -

• Brush twice  in a day first in the morning and second time in the night after dinner with fluoride toothpaste.
• Take a balanced diet with nutrition and Calcium.
• Visit your dentist regular.

3.  Increases risk of diabetes 

Diabetes is a problem when the glucose level increases in the blood it also called blood sugar. It is very common but dangerous problem around the world. It's occurs in any person of any age.

There are many reasons of occurring diabetes but taking excessive amount of sugar also one reason of causing diabetes if you have type 2 diabetes because taking the large amount of sugar reaches more glucose in blood that can increase the risk of diabetes. If you are already a diabetes patient then you need to eat sugar in a little quantity.

Those people who have type 2 diabetes always have a problem high blood sugar level. In this type of diabetes you have to fit physically and mentally. The reason behind causing diabetes is that when we eat a diet of high calorie from any source including sugar, then it increases our weight and also increases the risk of type 2 diabetes. 

We can control it by following some tips -

• do exercise properly because it helps to keep your weight in control and decreases the risk of type 2 diabetes.
• Intake small amount of sugar in your regular diet and don't eat packaged sugar items.
• if you have type 2 diabetes then quit smoking because it increases the risk of type 2 diabetes fastly.

 4.  Increases heart disease 

Heart disease is a very dangerous and big problem. Heart disease are many types like as - heart attack, heart failure, Conroy artery disease. That can kill you.

There can be many reasons of heart disease but sugar can also a reason of heart disease. If you are eating a lot of sugar or sugar made food item in a day then be careful you need to do change in your quantity of sugar that you are eating daily. Sugar increase blood sugar level in your body that can increase the risk of heart stroke Heart Attack and other heart related disease. 

Those people who took 25% or more of daily calories in the form of sugar die most. Most people takes sugar as soda, energy drink, soft drinks and other important source like as cookies, candies, yogurt have a great amount of added sugar in it. Why sugar cause heart disease still it is not clearly approved but some reasons are assuming, such as sugar enhances calories that affect the functioning of the heart. It increases weight that effects our heart badly and sugar increases blood pressure that also increase the risk of heart disease. We can control heart diseases due to sugar by following some tips - 

• Exercise is a great way to maintain a healthy body and it helps to burn calorie that is good for your heart.
• take a balance amount of sugar in your regular diet and eat package sugar made food in a small quantity.
• Take a good sleep because when you take good sleep it helps to control your blood pressure.

Sugar made things are good for taste but not for health. We usually takes sugar as chocolate, soft drinks, candies, cakes etc. Sugar is harmful to health. This does not mean that you should stop eating sugar and we should eat some amount of sugar. 

The addiction of sugar is very dangerous like as smoking. Leaving sugar addiction is very difficult, once you start eating sugar in large amount then it is difficult to reduce the amount of sugar. Sugar has many demerits it has negative and positive both sides.