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| Source:http://evolutionvtg.blogspot.sg |
Most people often chide their friends when they ask for a low-sugar or sugar-free drink. Often, their joke is that you are vain and are conscious of your weight.
Sure, sugar causes weight gain as it is a simple carbohydrate that gets stored easily if not utilized.
But what is the truth behind Sugar? More specifically, glucose.
Glucose is made of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. It gets stored as a less soluble version in our bodies as glycogen and then.In plants, it is stored as starch.
Glucose is the basic unit of all sugars and from glucose, you get to build up different sugars such as maltose, fructose etc.
Glucose is not bad.It serves a purpose in our bodies.
But what makes Sugar so taboo in so many areas of health? Besides the obvious that it is stored as fat, it is also a robber.
In order to metabolize, one must use up various vitamins and minerals in order to process the sugar we consume into glucose.We consume sugar in many forms, thus, they require breaking down.
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| Source: wikipedia (Sorry guys but this is the least boring one) |
Sugar taken in excess will lead to a huge robbery of vitamins and minerals! You have officially used up your vitamins to process Sugar. I'm pretty sure if you have a high Sugar intake, you cannot possibly be consuming enough vitamins through proper food to be able to make up for that deficit.
Too bad our bodies don't have credit cards huh?
