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What Are the Health Benefits From Reducing the Amount of Sugar in Your Diet?

  • January 31, 2017

With an epidemic of obesity and metabolic disorders now going on worldwide, it’s no secret that we are eating too much sugar. We know that consuming sugar is linked to numerous health issues, not the least of which are diabetes and heart disease. So if you’re among those who want to cut back on this life-killer, but are so addicted you can’t go “cold turkey,” Burton Mail suggests that easing your way out can help.

Sugar, in moderate amounts, is essential to our body, but there are many ways that excessive sugar can harm you — more than I can list here. Sugar addiction happens due to intense cravings for sweet food. It is triggered by the brain by sending signals to the receptors in our tongue that were not able to develop from the low-sugar diets of our ancestors.

Eating sugar triggers production of natural opioids in your brain. These hormones aid in relieving the pain and are triggered in the same way one would consume illegal drugs, but, unfortunately, sugar does nothing for pain or inflammation; in fact, it works just the opposite, and is a known inflammatory.

When you’re looking to reduce sugar, it’s important to know that your body metabolizes fructose much differently from glucose; the entire burden of metabolizing fructose falls on your liver, where excess fructose is quickly converted into fat. Therefore, it would be wise for most people to limit their daily fructose consumption to less than 25 grams per day, especially if you show signs of insulin resistance such as being overweight, have high blood pressure, high cholesterol or diabetes.
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