Overconsumption Of Sugar And Its Effects On The Human Body
The average American consumes 150 to 170 pounds of sugar per year. Sugar is a sweet, crystalline substance that is used as a sweetener for everyday food and drinks, making it very prominent in the average person’s diet. It is an unavoidable carbohydrate to say the least, it is even in lettuce, however, it is reasonable to limit the amount of sugar one indulges in. This impacts adults and teens by draining people's lives and making people frightened to consume sugar. Consuming too much sugar undoubtedly has a negative impact on the body, causing an increased risk of premature death, obesity, and augmenting one’s chance of organ failure.
Overconsumption of sugar places the human body under severe risk for death. Doctors have found that added sugar intake has potential to lead to heart disease, which can ultimately be fatal. After a study in 2010, it was discovered “on average, adults in the USA consumed about 300 calories a day, based on a 2,000-calorie …show more content…
diet” just from added sugars. The recommended intake of sugar is anywhere from 100-150 calories per day, most Americans were doubling this --15% of their daily allotted calorie amount was coming just from sugar. This high intake of added sugars were linked to poor health conditions such as type two diabetes, and heart disease. The two combined cause 178,000 deaths per year just from the overconsumption of sugary beverages. Sugar has proven to be a silent killer, leading to some of the most fatal diseases, however most cases could have easily been avoided if they had limited their intake of sugar.
Consuming a high intake of sugar causes people to become overweight. There are multiple ways that sugar can sabotage the body and cause unnecessary fat storage. Excessive glucose is the first problem. The body takes all of the excessive glucose consumed into the liver; once in the liver, the body takes all the extra fatty acids are thrown into the bloodstream. After this, These fatty acids flow their way into the fat tissue surrounding the hips, butt, and the stomach, making the body gain weight. If people intake too much sugar you're likely to gain weight fast. A study was done to observe the basic effects of sugar on one's weight using sugary drinks, it was found that “just one extra can each day can add as much as 15 pounds to your weight over the course of a single year”. If a daily soda can cause that much weight gain in a year, imagine the consequences if a person were to go over their allotted sugar intake amount every single day of the year. The results would be shocking, consuming the average 300 calories of sugar per day for a year would cause a 31.2 pound weight gain---which can actually send a person of normal weight into being categorized as severely overweight or obese. Sugar has clearly proven to do much more a person’s weight then just make clothes fit tight. This is another way that the body can easily gain weight. Just one can a day of soda causes 15 pounds a year. Sugar can severely add pounds to your body. Finally, a high intake of sugar can cause loads of organ related issues.
Sugar has been seen to have the greatest effects on the liver, pancreas, kidney and especially the heart. It affects the heart by interfering with the blood vessel function, as well as many other things. In a study done over a wide range of people to see how added sugar intake affected the heart it was found that, “consuming too much added sugar… increases your risk of death from heart disease”. The effects of excessive sugar intake go beyond just gaining weight, they are damaging the inside of the body. Added sugar, causes the heart rate and blood pressure to rise which can lead to heart disease, heart attacks, and clogged arteries resulting in strokes, all of which increase the risk of death. The heart is not even the only organ affected by all of this, increased sugar intake can cause fatty liver disease which can cause death or the imperative need for a transplant. Thus, only further stressing how harmful sugar actually is to the
body. Overconsumption of sugar clearly has an unfavorable impact on the human body, causing a much larger risk of early death, obesity, and increasing the chance of organ failure. Every year millions die from diseases caused by excessive sugar intake. So before you go pick up that second soda, just think, do you really want to lay sickly and helpless in a hospital bed as your last moments pass by?
Overconsumption of sugar places the human body under severe risk for death. Doctors have found that added sugar intake has potential to lead to heart disease, which can ultimately be fatal. After a study in 2010, it was discovered “on average, adults in the USA consumed about 300 calories a day, based on a 2,000-calorie …show more content…
diet” just from added sugars. The recommended intake of sugar is anywhere from 100-150 calories per day, most Americans were doubling this --15% of their daily allotted calorie amount was coming just from sugar. This high intake of added sugars were linked to poor health conditions such as type two diabetes, and heart disease. The two combined cause 178,000 deaths per year just from the overconsumption of sugary beverages. Sugar has proven to be a silent killer, leading to some of the most fatal diseases, however most cases could have easily been avoided if they had limited their intake of sugar.
Consuming a high intake of sugar causes people to become overweight. There are multiple ways that sugar can sabotage the body and cause unnecessary fat storage. Excessive glucose is the first problem. The body takes all of the excessive glucose consumed into the liver; once in the liver, the body takes all the extra fatty acids are thrown into the bloodstream. After this, These fatty acids flow their way into the fat tissue surrounding the hips, butt, and the stomach, making the body gain weight. If people intake too much sugar you're likely to gain weight fast. A study was done to observe the basic effects of sugar on one's weight using sugary drinks, it was found that “just one extra can each day can add as much as 15 pounds to your weight over the course of a single year”. If a daily soda can cause that much weight gain in a year, imagine the consequences if a person were to go over their allotted sugar intake amount every single day of the year. The results would be shocking, consuming the average 300 calories of sugar per day for a year would cause a 31.2 pound weight gain---which can actually send a person of normal weight into being categorized as severely overweight or obese. Sugar has clearly proven to do much more a person’s weight then just make clothes fit tight. This is another way that the body can easily gain weight. Just one can a day of soda causes 15 pounds a year. Sugar can severely add pounds to your body. Finally, a high intake of sugar can cause loads of organ related issues.
Sugar has been seen to have the greatest effects on the liver, pancreas, kidney and especially the heart. It affects the heart by interfering with the blood vessel function, as well as many other things. In a study done over a wide range of people to see how added sugar intake affected the heart it was found that, “consuming too much added sugar… increases your risk of death from heart disease”. The effects of excessive sugar intake go beyond just gaining weight, they are damaging the inside of the body. Added sugar, causes the heart rate and blood pressure to rise which can lead to heart disease, heart attacks, and clogged arteries resulting in strokes, all of which increase the risk of death. The heart is not even the only organ affected by all of this, increased sugar intake can cause fatty liver disease which can cause death or the imperative need for a transplant. Thus, only further stressing how harmful sugar actually is to the
body. Overconsumption of sugar clearly has an unfavorable impact on the human body, causing a much larger risk of early death, obesity, and increasing the chance of organ failure. Every year millions die from diseases caused by excessive sugar intake. So before you go pick up that second soda, just think, do you really want to lay sickly and helpless in a hospital bed as your last moments pass by?