Sugar is used many times during the day to add sweetness to meals and beverages. Everyone, particularly children, loves the sweet treat. But you still miss keeping a track on how much sugar you can eat all day long.
Too much sugar is related to many health hazards in your diet. It can lead to weight gain and is a host of many serious health conditions. Too much sugar is also associated with an increased risk of heart disease, diabetes, skin disorders, depression, and liver fat. Even your dental health can suffer from excessive consumption of sugar. Not only sweets but also highly processed foods are also typically high in sugar.
Studies have also highlighted the connection between sugar intake and the rapid aging cycle. It will make the symptoms on the skin noticeable even faster. In this post, you can understand how the aging cycle is related to sugar intake.
Aging is a normal phenomenon, but inadequate nutrition accelerates the skin aging process in particular. Advanced end products of glycation are produced as sugar and protein react within your body. It affects the skin's collagen and elastin, which leads to wrinkles and other symptoms of aging.
Telomeres are the DNA-protein caps at the end of chromosomes, which facilitate chromosomal stability and shield the genomic DNA from damage, according to a report published in the Journal Am J Public Health. Telomere length gradually shortens with each cell cycle, but the process is speeded up by an unhealthy lifestyle like sugar intake.
More than the required intake of sugar will lead to hyperglycemia leading to increased oxidative stress and elevated inflammatory signaling resulting in additional damage to the mitochondrial and DNA levels. High sugars result in an increase in protein glycation contributing to the formation of advanced glycation end products that can inflict functional and structural damage, leading to rapid ageing. This occurs in any body organ, whether it's eyes, kidneys, skin, muscles, lungs, or heart.
Protein glycation elevated oxidative stress and accelerated inflammation also increases with age, but these changes are intensified with raised sugar consumption. Years of excessive sugar ingestion will contribute exponentially to your biological age. It can increase sugar levels in those with diabetes, and even those predisposed to diabetes, and result in tissue damage.
Giving up on sugar can be very difficult. But you need to follow all the required precautions for a healthier weight and good wellbeing that will allow you to minimize sugar intake. It's easier to eat a fruit each time you crave sweets instead of sweet treats.
