How Bad is Sugar Really?

The sugars that are ADDED to your foods can be very bad, actually.

Of course, moderate amounts - perhaps a teaspoon of table sugar in your coffee or a Siggi’s yogurt (we highly recommend if you’re a yogurt-lover!) - pose little risk to health.

However, on average most of us consume daily around 19 teaspoons of added sugar which equals 300 calories.

The recommended daily amount of added sugar should be below 150 calories worth or under 9 teaspoons.

So why is sugar so dangerous? Here are a few reasons:

Sugar leads to disease.

Sugar does this many ways. When you consume foods high in added sugar, you typically miss out on other important macro and micronutrients that are vital to good health.

Too much sugar can lead to type 2 diabetes, obesity, heart disease, and many of the diseases most common in America and other nations.

Sugar makes you hungrier.

Foods containing high amounts of added sugar make you hungrier because of its effect on insulin and other hunger-related hormones.

Ever notice how one cookie always turns into a whole sleeve?

Sugar leads to weight-gain.

Your body can’t use all that sugar the moment you eat it, so it has to store it somewhere. Therefore, your body changes sugar into fat to be used at a later date (but most of us just keep accumulating more than we use).

Added sugar is usually not very good for us. Aside for the occasional sweetener, we should always focus on getting our sugar from whole, minimally-processed foods!