Sugar is also a carbohydrate, including free sugar and endogenous sugar. Free sugar refers to monosaccharides and disaccharides added to food by manufacturers, chefs or consumers, plus naturally occurring sugars in honey, syrup and fruit juice. The World Health Organization suggests that the free sugar intake of adults and children should be reduced to less than 10% of the total energy intake, which will reduce the possibility of obesity. Endogenous sugar refers to the sugar in fruits and vegetables, which is digested slowly and takes a long time to enter the blood, which is harmless to human health.

Sugar is high in calories, and excessive intake will cause obesity, hypertension, arteriosclerosis and other diseases. Eating too much sugar may lead to sugar addiction. Once you get used to high-sugar food, your taste buds will adjust to the state where sugar intake is what you need. Over time, this excessive sugar will lead to energy accumulation and weight gain.

In addition, excessive sugar can also affect people's mood. Many people who love sweets may say that eating sweets is very happy, but in fact, sugar brings only temporary happiness. In the long run, it is easy for people to become manic and depressed.

Excessive sugar intake will also make the skin rough, acne and inelastic, which will aggravate the "aging" of the skin.

If you want to lose weight, give up sugar first, you need to stick to the "three little":

Drink less sugary drinks, such as milk tea, bottled drinks and honey water. , and happy fat house water should be suitable; Eat less sweets, such as cakes, almond cakes and doughnuts. Eat less sugary snacks. When choosing snacks, first look at whether there is sugar in the ingredient list. Sugar is an essential part of life and health, but it is not a daily food. In addition to controlling the total calories, abstinence from sugar during weight loss has another purpose, which is to make room for protein to take in calories. Three nutrients that provide energy for human body, carbohydrate, protein and fat, are indispensable.

Of course, abstaining from sugar is not to give up completely, but to make choices and eat some low-sugar foods to ensure a balanced nutrition.