Around the world there are campaigns that link attention deficit with excess sugar, where for example many children are labeled as hyperactive at school, without taking into account that in their breakfasts and/or snacks they receive too much sugar, which puts their bodies in a state of excitement that is not at all healthy.

What are the risks of excess sugar?

Perhaps the condition best known as diabetes is the outcome that many have heard about; however, before this condition, excess sugar can greatly affect productivity and concentration in both children and adults, making it harder for them to carry out their activities.

Often the problem is not the sugar that a food contains, but rather that nowadays practically all foods contain sugar, which constitutes a bomb for the body, which little by little loses the battle against excess and poor intake of the so-called sweet.

Some negative effects that sugar can produce in our body are:

1. Sugar can inhibit the immune system and weaken defenses against infections.
2. Sugar destroys the balance of minerals in the body, causes copper and chromium deficiencies, and interferes with calcium absorption.
3. Sugar causes a rapid rise in adrenaline, hyperactivity, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and irritability.
4. Sugar can produce a significant increase in total cholesterol and triglycerides.
5. Sugar causes a loss of tissue elasticity.
6. Sugar serves as food for cancer cells.
7. Sugar can raise glucose levels and cause reactive hypoglycemia.
8. Sugar can affect eyesight.
9. Sugar can cause many problems with the gastrointestinal tract.
10. Sugar can cause premature aging.
11. Sugar can lead to alcoholism.
12. Sugar can cause cavities and gingivitis.
13. Sugar contributes to obesity and to losing control of it.
14. Sugar can be the cause of autoimmune diseases.
15. Sugar promotes the uncontrolled growth of fungal infections.
16. Sugar can produce gallstones.
17. Sugar can produce appendicitis.
18. Sugar can cause hemorrhoids.
19. Sugar can cause varicose veins.
20. Sugar can elevate the glucose and insulin response when using birth control pills.
21. Sugar contributes to osteoporosis.
22. Sugar can cause a decrease in insulin sensitivity, which translates into abnormally high insulin levels and, ultimately, diabetes.
23. Sugar can cause a decrease in vitamin E.
24. Sugar can increase blood pressure.
25. Sugar can cause lethargy.
26. A high intake of sugar increases advanced glycation end products.
27. Sugar can interfere with protein absorption.
28. Sugar causes food allergies.
29. Sugar can cause toxemia during pregnancy.
30. Sugar can contribute to the appearance of eczema in children.
31. Sugar can cause cardiovascular problems.
32. Sugar can damage the structure of DNA.
33. Sugar can change the protein structure of the body.
34. Sugar can make the skin age due to the changes it causes in the structure of collagen.
35. Sugar can cause cataracts and nearsightedness.
36. Sugar can cause emphysema.
37. A high consumption of sugar can destabilize physiological homeostasis.
38. Sugar reduces the functioning capacity of enzymes.
39. Sugar intake is higher in people who suffer from Parkinson’s.
40. Sugar can increase the size of the liver by making liver cells divide, and can increase the amount of fat in the liver.
41. Sugar can increase the size of the kidney.
42. Sugar can damage the pancreas.
43. Sugar can increase fluid retention.
44. Sugar is the number 1 enemy of intestinal motility.
45. Sugar can damage the inner lining of the capillaries.
46. Sugar can make tendons more fragile.
47. Sugar can cause headaches.
48. Sugar can reduce learning capacity.
49. Sugar can cause an increase in delta, alpha, and theta brain waves, which can alter the mind’s ability to think.
50. Sugar can cause depression.
51. Sugar can increase the risk of suffering from gout.
52. Sugar can increase the risk of suffering from Alzheimer’s.
53. Sugar can cause hormonal imbalances.
54. Sugar can cause vertigo and dizziness.
55. Diets high in sugar increase free radicals and stress.
56. High sucrose levels in people with peripheral vascular disease significantly increase platelet adhesion.
57. High sugar consumption in pregnant adolescents can lead to a shortened gestation period.
58. Sugar is an addictive substance.
59. Sugar can intoxicate in the same way as alcohol.
60. Sugar intake in premature babies can affect the amount of carbon dioxide they produce.
61. Reducing sugar consumption can increase emotional stability.
62. The body turns sugar into fat 2 to 5 times more than it does with starch.
63. The rapid absorption of sugar promotes excessive food intake.
64. Sugar can worsen the symptoms of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
65. Sugar negatively affects electrolyte composition.
66. Sugar can diminish the functioning capacity of the adrenal glands.
67. Sugar has the power to induce abnormal metabolic processes in a healthy individual and to promote chronic degenerative diseases.
68. Sugar increases the risk of suffering from polio.
69. High sugar consumption can induce epileptic seizures.
70. Sugar raises blood pressure in obese people.
71. In intensive care units, limiting sugar saves lives.
72. Sugar can induce cell death.
73. In juvenile detention centers that followed a low-sugar diet, antisocial behavior dropped by 44 percent.
74. Sugar dehydrates newborns.
75. Sugar causes gum problems.

After this extensive list of possible negative effects, we face the reality that sugar is also necessary for our life, for our body, and for the proper development of its functions, which is why at ZARZA we recommend consuming sugar not in added form, but only from fruits and natural sources, which are, in principle, the natural sources from which we should all consume it.

Can we get the sugar we need only from fruits?

Apparently so, this being the source that for millennia we humans used for our necessary sugar intake; however, we decided to turn to the distinguished nutritionist Dr. Gabriela Lara, who from her practice Nutrasuvida in Costa Rica kindly elaborated for us:

Fructose is the natural sugar of fruits, so it is biologically better absorbed by the body; table sugar, being more processed, requires the body to go through more processes to synthesize it, which is why the sugar from fruits is the best.Dr. Gabriela Lara

Additionally, we asked her whether we could indeed feel at ease eliminating added sugar and consuming it only from natural sources, and she aptly noted:

Yes. The body can supply itself with sugar from fruits. This has more to do with the palate and how accustomed the person is to consuming table sugar, since it is a simple carbohydrate. And it provides no nutrients. Only empty calories.Dr. Gabriela Lara

How can we raise our productivity and prevent the negative effects?

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