Info about Sweets
Sugar, the eternal question
Regardless of the health and fitness that we are, sugar is harmful. Drinking chocolate or cookies, candy or juice in sweet sugar consists of glucose and fructose which are absorbed instantly and leads to increased glucose and insulin release in excess.
The frequent repetition of this mechanism, the pancreas gets tired, can not release enough insulin to neutralize glucose and glucose accumulates in blood, the person being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Generally, obesity is the first alarm in excessive consumption of sweets.
Sugar also plays a negative role in dental health. Bacteria that form and grow on the tooth surface using sugar as energy source. They multiply rapidly and turn into sticky deposit that no way can be removed with saliva and which promotes decay. Saccharides fructose is greatest sweetness and the adverse action on teeth.
Taste buds can be educated at any age and with little will and desire to be healthy may prefer natural sweets: fruit, which they also contain various percentages of sugars, but natural sugar and they also contain fiber, enzymes, phytochemical substances , antioxidants, vitamins and minerals necessary for health.
Sweets with artificial sweeteners can be a compromise version. Although studies on artificial sweeteners benefits and harm abound, their influence on the body was not clearly pronounced by nutrition specialists and oncologists, and unfortunately, for economic reasons, their status remains controversial.
Dark chocolate is publicized as being excessively high content of flavonoid, substances that prevent cholesterol deposits on blood vessel walls, but quantity counts and is limited to 10 grams per day. But should mention that milk, which is an ingredient that inhibit flavonoids action. So pay attention to labels.
In conclusion, high intake of sweets leads primarily to obesity. Diabetes is generally perceived as a disease of sugar, but the reality shows that actually it's a fat problem. Prevention of this disease is primarily by promoting normal blood glucose levels and body weight.