Is eating sugar harmful to your health?

　　Eating sugar is harmful healthy ?

　　“The saying "eating sugar is harmful to health" has been widely circulated in society in recent years. Eating sugar can cause disease , and even the public opinion that eating sugar shortens life expectancy is increasing day by day. So, where does the argument that “eating sugar is harmful to health” come from? Mainly, some medical scientists believe that eating too much sugar can be converted into fat in the body, which can lead to obesity and even become a predisposing factor for several diseases. In fact, the human body requires a lot of nutrients. Excessive intake of any kind of food or essential nutrients will cause malnutrition and cause adverse consequences, and eating sugar is certainly no exception. Eating large amounts of sugar for a long time may exceed the body's needs and liver's processing capacity, which may cause certain harm to health. Sugar, eating too much is not good, especially for the middle elderly。

　　However, nutritionists also believe that starting from the physiological needs of the human body, supplementing sugar in an appropriate amount is beneficial to health. The key is to scientifically grasp the "appropriate amount". Nutritionists believe that it is more scientific to eat 60 grams of refined sugar per person per day, which is about 22 kilograms throughout the year. For people living in plateau areas and athletes who consume a lot of energy, the amount of sugar they eat can be increased appropriately, but it should not be too much. As for the elderly, they should appropriately reduce the amount of sugar they eat.

　　The question of whether eating too much sugar is harmful to health has been debated in developed countries where sugar consumption is very high. To this end, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration conducted a three-year investigation and pointed out that: apart from causing dental caries, sucrose has not been found to be harmful to the human body. And clearly affirm four points:

　　1. Diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and cancer Diseases such as sucrose are not caused by eating sucrose；

　　2. Sucrose and gallstone disease, ADHD in children irrelevant；

　　3. Sucrose does not particularly make people gain weight. Surveys have found that some obese people do not eat more sugar than those with normal weight.；

　　4. Eating sucrose does not hinder the body's absorption of essential external nutrients. Therefore, sugar is regarded as a fatal dietary ingredient. It is a misunderstanding that it is the source of disease, and there is no basis for it.

　　Facts have also proven that reducing sugar intake can cause a variety of harms. First, the proportion of fat in the energy consumed will increase accordingly, increasing the probability of hyperlipidemia and heart disease. In an adult's diet, fat should account for between 20% and 25% of total energy intake. According to a 1999 survey, young people aged 20 to 30 all exceeded this normal range. The second is to make the brain malnourished. In order to maintain the normal functioning of the brain, it is necessary to ensure the intake of a large number of nutrients, and the main components of this part of nutrients are Grape Sugar is widely present in daily sugar intake. When our diet intentionally avoids sugar, the brain loses the source of glucose that supports its functioning.

　　In daily life, it is common for some people to stay away from sweets or even limit their intake of staple foods because they are worried about gaining weight. Especially young people, the proportion of staple foods in three meals a day is getting lower and lower, and thus they fall into the misunderstanding of insufficient glucose intake. For those who are keen on losing weight, they should fully realize the importance of sugar for normal brain function and must not neglect one thing and neglect the other.

　　Research shows that eating sugar is not the cause of obesity. Only people who eat more sugar and more fat become obese.； Diabetes is not caused by eating sugar, but by damaged pancreatic islet function. Normal people will not develop high blood pressure or diabetes from eating sugar. Only those who have diabetes should control their sugar consumption. ； There is no direct relationship between eating sugar and hyperlipidemia. Only eating excessive amounts of sucrose or fructose may cause an increase in blood lipids. Chinese people currently consume an average of 15 grams of sugar per person per day, and the average annual sugar consumption per person is less than 6 kilograms. ； In developed countries, the average sugar consumption per person can reach 40 to 50 kilograms, and it has been proven to be harmless to people. Our country is far behind compared with it. For most people, it’s not too much sugar but too little. When the human body consumes insufficient carbohydrates, it must rely on decomposing proteins and fats to supply the body with energy. However, during protein catabolism, harmful substances such as ammonia are produced ； Fat will produce ketone bodies during the catabolism process, which is very harmful to the body, so people cannot lack sugar in their daily meals. For this reason, instead of discouraging people from eating sugar, we should encourage people to eat sugar in moderation. As for diabetes, Hyperlipidemia disease, fatty liver , obesity and other patients, they should avoid sweets and not eat sugar. For healthy people to avoid obesity, the daily energy provided by sugar should not exceed about 10% of the total calories.