Why is sugar bad for you? part 2. Insulin is a very important hormone in the body.
It is made by the pancreas and allows the body to use glucose from carbohydrates and it maintains blood sugar levels from getting too high or low. Since eating promotes blood sugar levels to rise, your pancreas signals insulin to release into the bloodstream. Then, the insulin links to your cells and absorbs sugars. If you have excess sugar in your body than it requires, insulin aids in storing sugar in liver and releases it when the blood sugar levels are low. When the cells resist the effects of insulin, the pancreas’ beta cells produce more of it. However, elevated blood sugars can cause severe harm. As the resistance grows worse, the pancreas eventually cannot “keep up with the demand of producing enough insulin to keep blood sugar levels down. At this point, blood sugar levels skyrocket and a diagnosis of type two diabetes is made.” …show more content…
part 3. For an extended amount of time, saturated fat was blamed for heart disease, however recent studies say otherwise. Because of its dreadful effects on metabolism, fructose is apparently the leader of heart disease. Fructose increases abdominal obesity, raises blood glucose, insulin levels, triglycerides and LDL (low-density lipoproteins). Lipoproteins are made of fat on the inside and protein on the outside and they are responsible for carrying cholesterol through your bloodstream. Cholesterol is “a waxy, fat-like substance that is found in all cells of the body”, it is required to produce vitamin D and substances that help digest foods. Low-density lipoproteins eventually lead to buildup of plaque in your arteries — this can be life-threatening because arteries are bloods vessels that carry blood from your heart to your body. After several studies, researchers have found “a strong statistical association between sugar consumption and risk for heart
It is made by the pancreas and allows the body to use glucose from carbohydrates and it maintains blood sugar levels from getting too high or low. Since eating promotes blood sugar levels to rise, your pancreas signals insulin to release into the bloodstream. Then, the insulin links to your cells and absorbs sugars. If you have excess sugar in your body than it requires, insulin aids in storing sugar in liver and releases it when the blood sugar levels are low. When the cells resist the effects of insulin, the pancreas’ beta cells produce more of it. However, elevated blood sugars can cause severe harm. As the resistance grows worse, the pancreas eventually cannot “keep up with the demand of producing enough insulin to keep blood sugar levels down. At this point, blood sugar levels skyrocket and a diagnosis of type two diabetes is made.” …show more content…
part 3. For an extended amount of time, saturated fat was blamed for heart disease, however recent studies say otherwise. Because of its dreadful effects on metabolism, fructose is apparently the leader of heart disease. Fructose increases abdominal obesity, raises blood glucose, insulin levels, triglycerides and LDL (low-density lipoproteins). Lipoproteins are made of fat on the inside and protein on the outside and they are responsible for carrying cholesterol through your bloodstream. Cholesterol is “a waxy, fat-like substance that is found in all cells of the body”, it is required to produce vitamin D and substances that help digest foods. Low-density lipoproteins eventually lead to buildup of plaque in your arteries — this can be life-threatening because arteries are bloods vessels that carry blood from your heart to your body. After several studies, researchers have found “a strong statistical association between sugar consumption and risk for heart