4 Reasons why sugar is bad for you!
Different foods affect the body in different ways and sugar is uniquely fattening.
Sugar (sucrose) and high fructose corn syrup contain two molecules: glucose and fructose.
Glucose is absolutely vital to life and is an integral part of our metabolism. Our bodies produce it and we have a constant reservoir of it in the bloodstream.
Every cell in the body can use glucose for energy. If we don’t get glucose from the diet, our bodies produce what we need out of proteins and fats.
Fructose, however, is very different. This molecule is not a natural part of metabolism and humans do not produce it.
In fact, very few cells in the body can make use of it except liver cells.
When we eat a lot of sugar, most of the fructose gets metabolized by the liver. There it gets turned into fat, which is then secreted into the blood.
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