Too much sugar in the body can result in
damaging consequences. How much sugar
is too much for your body? Jumia Travel
shares 7 ways your body might be telling
you your sugar intake
is becoming
excessive.
1. Higher Incidence of Acne on Your Skin
Eating too much sugar tends to wreak
havoc on your skin. There is a relationship
between a high-sugar diet and severe
acne and a high sugar intake tends to
result in severe acne issues.
2. Experiencing Energy Slumps
Especially after eating sugary foods
lacking in satiating proteins, fiber and fat,
you are likely to develop a pounding
headache or feel extremely lethargic. This
is because a high sugar diet, rather than a
balanced nutritious diet, makes your blood
sugar level unstable, with you constantly
switching from 'sugary high' to 'lethargic
low'. You end up feeling very weak and
sluggish throughout the day.
3. Cavities
Cavities are more often than not, a glaring
sign of a sweet tooth. Cavities are painful
and more importantly avoidable, and the
key to avoiding them is to brush your
teeth well after meals and eat foods that
will keep your teeth healthy.
4. High Blood Pressure
One of the factors that contribute to a
diagnosis of high blood pressure is a high-
sugar diet. A high-sugar diet can push
your blood pressure off the normal
threshold. Limiting sugar intake is just as
important as reducing your sodium
consumption when it comes to a healthy
blood pressure.
5. Exercising is Getting Extremely Hard for
You
Whether fat, chubby or even thin, if
exercise seems to be getting harder and
harder for you to do, a high-sugar diet
might be to blame. If you have a high
blood sugar level and engage in activities that involve intense effort or physical
extension, you'll likely end up feeling very fatigued and quite miserable. You also
tend to get exhausted very easily and
quickly while exercising.
6. Weight Gain
Weight gain can be caused by a number of
different factors and one of those factors
is a high sugar diet. This is because a high
sugar diet does not make you feel full
(which makes you eat more) and does not
compensate for total energy, that is, they
do not displace other foods, so they add
to your total calorie intake. A high sugar
diet also tends to make exercise or
physical activity hard, so it's unlikely you'll
be able to burn off the excess calories
through that route.
