Sugar

Sugar attracts many people. That is the reason why many ready to eat foods contain sugar or equivalents. But as saying goes, any thing more than moderate amount is poison and same is applicable to sweets. In the case of sugar, the less you eat more healthy you will be. Eating sugar can make you sick in any or all of the following.

• Eating more sugar first makes a person think of Diabetes. It is a disease that causes the body to metabolize sugar poorly.
• Obesity is the second prominent thing that can be linked with Sugars. Unhealthy food is that which is high in sugars and low in vitamins and minerals.
• Most outstanding health hazard associated with the consumption of sugar is Tooth decay. Oral bacteria such as Streptococcus mutans live in dental plaque and metabolize sugars into lactic acid. Elevated amounts of acid may result in tooth demineralization.

You might be thinking of artificial sugars that have become very popular these days. But those will contain aspartame which is more dangerous than Sugar. I will write another blog to discuss about aspartame but till then remember that aspartame is enemy of your health.

Sugar can be replaced with other natural sweetners like honey, Blackstrap molasses or Maple Syrup. That not only make you feel good with sweets but also leave you healthy. By the way for infants less than one year you should not feed honey.