“If you happen to eat an excessive amount of sugar, you might be continually hungry,” says Dr. Ahlemann. “The rationale for that is that sugar drives up blood glucose ranges within the quick time period, however has no lasting satiating impact because of the lack of fibre.”
2. Pimples
“After we eat sugar, not solely does the insulin degree rise, but in addition a hormone within the blood known as insulin-like development issue 1, or IGF-1 for brief,” says Dr. Ahlemann. The knowledgeable goes on: “Along with insulin, this IGF-1 stimulates the sebaceous glands and extreme keratinisation within the space of the sebaceous glands, which is why they turn into clogged — and pimples and irritation can kind there.”
3. Temper swings
“The excessive improve in glucose ranges within the blood results in an insulin launch — however that is typically so sturdy that the blood sugar just isn’t lowered to the conventional degree, however under the ‘baseline’, so that you’ve a relative hypoglycaemia, and this results in cravings. And in some folks, it additionally results in temper swings and moodiness,” says Dr. Ahlemann.
4. Irritation and weakened immune system
“Usually, sugar is absorbed by the physique by way of the small gut. Nonetheless, if the quantity of easy sugars similar to glucose and fructose that we devour exceeds the capability of our small gut, this easy sugar results in the massive gut,” explains Ahlemann.
In line with the diet knowledgeable, it turns into meals for micro organism that belong within the giant gut: “Selective feeding results in a proliferation of those micro organism. The issue is that, sadly, they carry endotoxins on their bacterial floor. These are so-called lipopolysaccharides. These endotoxins can then go away the intestine, enter the bloodstream and result in silent irritation, which accelerates the ageing of the physique, and weakens the immune system.”
5. Lacklustre pores and skin
Dr. Ahlemann explains: “It’s scientifically confirmed that the excessive consumption of sugars results in the formation of so-called AGEs (= Superior Glycation Finish Merchandise).” The knowledgeable compares the impact to caramelisation and explains: “In our collagen, the fibres ought to ideally run in parallel; when the tissue is saccharified, there are cross-links within the collagen connective tissue, which makes it stiff, brittle, simpler to degenerate and — very importantly — the physique can be much less in a position to restore it whether it is cross-linked. Which means that the standard of our collagen deteriorates.”
A model of this text initially appeared on Vogue Germany.
