Many people think that they are eating a healthy diet every day, but as everyone knows, we consume a lot of sugar every day without knowing it.
Sugar is so ubiquitous and so hidden in the world we live in, and if you remove all the sugary food from the supermarket, only 20% of the food will be left on the shelves.
At the same time, more and more studies are warning people about the dangers of sugar intake, which not only makes people obese and overstressed, but also causes diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, ventilation and other diseases.
Unfortunately, the power of the food factory is so powerful that it relies on capital to buy off, manipulate the media and even scientific researchers, obscure many truths about sugar and diet, and expose the human body to many diseases without us knowing it.
If you don't eat sweets, why do you still consume too much sugar?
Let's start with Nigel, who is from New Zealand and describes himself as a self-disciplined person when it comes to eating.
Every morning, Nige makes herself a cup of coffee with just a spoonful of sugar;
Soak a bowl of oats (oats are a standard breakfast for many Westerners).
He often carries 35 kilograms of stones and books on his back to hike outdoors;
Only occasionally on Friday nights would I treat myself to a hamburger.
Like many people, he believes in a saying that as long as you stick to eating less low-fat foods and keep exercising, you won't gain weight and stay healthy.
So, before going to the hospital for a check-up, Nigel said to the camera that he was very confident in his health.
But after a check-up, Nigel was stunned.
Doctors said Nigel was at risk of inflammation and heart disease because of the excessive sugar intake, which caused the blood to be thick.
In addition, some people don't look at him as thin, but in fact, he has accumulated a lot of fat converted from sugar.
Nigel is even more confused, he usually doesn't eat much sweets, why did he consume too much sugar?
Another question is, why does sugar affect his health? Or even lead to his risk of heart disease?
A crazy experiment,
What happens if you eat sugar for 60 days straight?
In order to figure out the relationship between sugar and human health, another Australian brother Damon Gameau took himself as a "specimen" and did a "crazy" experiment: what happens if you insist on eating sugar for 60 days and eat 40 spoons a day.
Why is 40 scoops so much? But the reality is that this is only per capita in Australia.
By sugar, we don't mean "junk food" that is commonly known as soda, chocolate, candy or ice cream, but what people mistakenly think is healthy food, but in fact this kind of food also contains a lot of sugar.
Jam, seedless raisins, bread, Italy, and many other low-fat foods.
During the experiment, Damon Gameau remained in motion as usual.
When he wakes up in the morning, Damon's breakfast consists of yogurt-soaked oatmeal with a glass of apple juice.
But for this ordinary breakfast, there are 20 tablespoons of sugar.
Damon lamented that it was so easy to eat 40 spoonfuls of sugar a day.
On the 18th day of the experiment, Damon went to the doctor, who said that Damon already had signs of fatty liver.
By the end of the experiment, Damon had weighed 10 pounds.
Why does sugar make people gain weight so easily?
It turns out that after sugar enters the human body, it will turn into fructose and glucose, and since the human body does not have the function of digesting fructose, it will be converted into fat and accumulated in the body.
At the same time, Damon said that although he overeats every day, he rarely feels full.
The doctor said that this is because Damon is not consuming high-quality fats or proteins, and meat fats and proteins can really make us feel full.
And those so-called low-fat foods that many people advocate actually contain a lot of sugar, which does not make us feel full.
But what surprised Damon the most was that sugar could affect his mood.
During the experiment, Damon felt more tired, less focused, and less focused.
Researchers say this is normal, and if glucose levels continue to rise and fall, a person's energy will follow suit, which can lead to unstable brain function.
And eating sugar can also be "addictive".
Some researchers have experimented with rats and found that the rats react more to sugar than to cocaine.
The more sugar people eat, the more they love sugar.
When you are hungry, your body waits for the next time you take sugar, which does make you happy, but it's only temporary, and then you feel depressed and even anxious.
For those who have been eating sugar for a long time, quitting sugar is as difficult as quitting smoking.
By the 35th day of the experiment, Damon found it increasingly difficult to keep exercising and had acne on his face.
By the 60th day of the experiment, Damon had gained a total of 17 pounds, his total fat content had increased by 7%, his waist circumference had increased by 10 centimeters, and his health had plummeted.
Faced with Damon's physical changes, the researchers were also shocked and called it a disaster.
Like many people, Damon originally thought that as long as he controlled his calorie intake, his body would not gain weight.
However, the reality was that Damon had eaten about or even less of the calories during and before the experiment, but the food he ate during the experiment caused his liver to accumulate indigestible fat.
So the main culprit that causes people to become obese is not actually calories, but the source of calories.
At the end of the experiment, Damon's diet was changed to meat fat, protein, and fresh vegetables, and Damon's body regained its health.
Sugar everywhere,
and "do it all" food factories
How common is sugar in our lives?
New Zealand uncle Nigel took us to the supermarket to get a glimpse.
A bottle of mammy commonly eaten by United Kingdom