Damon Gameau, the protagonist of the film "A movie about sugar", conducted an experiment. Damon used sugar for 60 days and consumed 40 scoops a day (equivalent to the daily intake of most people in Australia). The impact of a high-sugar diet on the human body. Prior to this, he had been on a sugar-free diet for several years, and this time he suddenly started eating a sugary diet, which is undoubtedly the most obvious and representative of the experimental results. At the same time, during this period, avoid eating junk food, including ice cream chocolate and other foods that people generally think are excessively unhealthy. At the same time, the usual exercise is still the same. However, the results of the experiment were shocking:
1. The liver ATL index soars to form fatty liver, which will further risk diabetes
The ATL index is an important indicator for judging liver health. It is an enzyme that exists in the liver and transports reaction products out. Part of the sugar-containing food we eat is glucose to supply energy to the cells and organs of the body, and part of it is fructose that cannot be absorbed and forms fat in the liver. This is fatty liver. As a hormone for lowering blood sugar in the human body, insulin absorbs excess fructose and fat. Once there is too much fructose or fat, insulin begins to tolerate, and it will develop into diabetes.
2. Excessive triglycerides induce the risk of heart disease
Triglyceride level is the level of fat in the human blood. Too much fat in the blood will increase low-density protein cholesterol. These substances easily form plaques in the blood, which can induce the risk of heart disease.
3. Weight gain and body shape loss
Weight gain is inevitable, because sugar is all converted into fat in the body, and these fats are all around the internal organs. It is impossible to reduce the weight by increasing exercise. Only by reducing sugar can you control your body weight.
4. Affect mood and cognition
Damon said: "As soon as I eat sugar, I become very excited. It will last for about 45 minutes. Then I will become very sleepy, tired, and groggy until the next stimulation." When we eat sugar, the brain will Something similar to the release of opium and endogypeptides makes us feel crazy. When blood sugar is too high, insulin will break down a part of the sugar, so our brain will not feel happy anymore. At this time, adrenaline begins to be released and sent to the brain. Signal, so I started eating candy again, and so on repeatedly...affecting our emotions. When you are in a low mood, you can't concentrate and get tired easily.
5. Eating sugar can be addictive
On the one hand, the stimulation that sugar brings to our brain is always short-lived, and we need to constantly eat sugar to keep the brain awake; on the other hand, as long as one eats enough sweets, the brain will build up this kind of pleasure. Eating sugar will form an unconscious or subconscious behavior. Therefore, “the more high-sugar foods are eaten, the more people love to eat and want to eat more”.
In order to further verify the experimental results, Damon went to a primitive tribal village in northern Africa to find out that the local aborigines had always lived on the grasslands before, and lived on wild animals, wild fruits and grass food. They were almost a sugar-free diet. At that time, the people of the tribe were very healthy and rarely contracted diseases. When European whites brought cola, biscuits, and large supermarkets, a 400-person village would drink 4,000 liters of beverages a month, and almost 100% of everyone's food came from the supermarket, and the diet began to change dramatically. Obesity and diabetes in the village began to increase, and people became more and more unhealthy. The big reason for all this was the excessive intake of sugar.
Why do people like sugar so much? It can be said that this is human nature. In the early days of human beings in the age of searching for food, there was a great need for sweet food, because sugar can bring energy to people. On the other hand, sugar can bring happiness to people. It can inspire love. Eating sugar can make you feel better, no matter when you are happy or when you are sad.
Human beings have developed their favorite things up to now, and the development of science and technology has maximized this demand. Studies have shown that adding more sugar to food will make people like it better, and people will no longer like it after adding it to a peak. Large companies spend a lot of money and energy to experiment in order to find people's favorite sweetness, and then spend a lot of money to advertise that this healthy product is very nutritious, so when the product comes out, people snap up. As everyone knows, the sugar in it will increase our risk of chronic diseases.
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