Bitter truth in sweets
Bitter truth in sweets
Writtten by Bhaby See
Published : Saturday, April 14, 2012 00:00
OH yes, cold softdrinks, colas and sweetened beverages are so refreshing to drink this summer. But the sugar contents can make you sick and give you tooth decay.
Sugar-sweetened drinks are the main cause of different types of heart disease, diabetes and premature deaths.
Several studies showed that even consuming zero-calorie sweetened drinks leads to weight gain. And obesity is strongly linked to both heart disease and diabetes. Drinking just one to two sugar-laden beverages a day raises diabetes risk by 26 percent.
Consuming too much sugar not only hurts your internal organs and weakens teeth, your skin is affected too and aging is accelerated because of fructose.
Researchers from the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague recently demonstrated that the skin of rats fed a high-fructose solution were least elastic. The more sugary foods and drinks people consumed, the deeper their facial wrinkles.
It’s because when sugar enters the blood stream, glucose is released and the sugar forms harmful molecules called advanced glycation end products. This then cross-links with collagen and elastin fibers, making the normally resilient tissues weak or inflexible, thus the skin that doesn’t bounce back is more prone to wrinkles and sagging.
Writtten by Bhaby See
Published : Saturday, April 14, 2012 00:00
OH yes, cold softdrinks, colas and sweetened beverages are so refreshing to drink this summer. But the sugar contents can make you sick and give you tooth decay.
Sugar-sweetened drinks are the main cause of different types of heart disease, diabetes and premature deaths.
Several studies showed that even consuming zero-calorie sweetened drinks leads to weight gain. And obesity is strongly linked to both heart disease and diabetes. Drinking just one to two sugar-laden beverages a day raises diabetes risk by 26 percent.
Consuming too much sugar not only hurts your internal organs and weakens teeth, your skin is affected too and aging is accelerated because of fructose.
Researchers from the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague recently demonstrated that the skin of rats fed a high-fructose solution were least elastic. The more sugary foods and drinks people consumed, the deeper their facial wrinkles.
It’s because when sugar enters the blood stream, glucose is released and the sugar forms harmful molecules called advanced glycation end products. This then cross-links with collagen and elastin fibers, making the normally resilient tissues weak or inflexible, thus the skin that doesn’t bounce back is more prone to wrinkles and sagging.
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