A Report Says That Too Much Sweets Can Cause Heart Ailments
How many times a day are you craving candy? A startling new survey shows that the more the sweets, the higher the chances of developing heart disease as you get older! Maybe cutting back on the tasty treats isn’t a bad idea after all.
When you add more sugar to your daily intake, it reduces the amount of necessary lipoproteins, such as HDL or ‘good cholesterol’, in the body and increases the triglyceride content. As the survey shows, these higher levels of ‘bad cholesterol’ in the blood are more likely to result in heart disease, diabetes or stroke.
As most of us know, sugar is a pretty high contributor to an individual’s daily calorie intake. But, when 6000 willing participants were put to the test, the ensuing result of 16 percent was staggering.
Quite literally the sweetest participants were fueled by 46 teaspoonfuls of sugar in the day, while their counterparts diligently said ‘No to toffees’ and had just 3 teaspoonfuls per day.
Tips for staying fit and healthy always include a calorie watch. Limiting artificial sugar intake goes a long way in reducing the probability of heart issues. An average male may consume about 9 teaspoonfuls of sugar while a female is allowed 6. This applies to processed food as fruits and vegetables contain completely natural sugar. So remember to read food labels and choose lower-sugar brands.
It’s about time I brought a few shocking truths to your notice. A typical carbonated soft drink will have 200 calories in a 16-ounce serving, and all of those calories come from sugar. Makes you want to drop that can of soda right? Let us hope food and beverage producers take a responsible stand on the issue and cut down sugar levels in processed food, thus preventing obesity and heart disease. Some states have taken the first step by imposing a sales tax on the purchase of soft drinks.
Would you dare to sip on that soda if you knew you had to pay a half-cent sales tax with every purchase? An approximate calculation based on further research has shown that expenditure on soft drinks will reduce by almost 10 gallons annually if the above tax were levied, thus limiting sugar consumption in the state.
Man has used technology to make the world a very comfortable place to live in. Thus he is now looking for ways to prolong his life, so he can enjoy the comforts he has created. As a result, a large number of studies are being done eliminate health risks. Surveys such as the one we discussed, are only a small part of the research on harmful effects of high sugar consumption. The latter has been proven to lead to other tragedies besides heart failure, including high BP, stroke and diabetes.
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