To start with, why is sugar harmful? 

Sugar is the premier definition of empty calories. In simple words, it has no nutritional value, no nutrients, no minerals, no protein, and no fiber. I hope this is enough to get your attention that sugar is not so sweet for your health.

 This sweetener has bitter consequences. People with sweet tooth might not like to hear this. I am not here to explain about what you like. I am here to tell you about what you like is harmful. 

If you are thinking about why sugar is so detrimental, I am here to tell me about it. We are going to talk about this topic in detail.

You might be thinking sugar from fruits is fantastic. Right? The answer is yes. But hold your horses. 

 But, if you are one of those people who think who thinks, “I can have as many fruit-based beverages as I want”. It saddens me to disappoint you. Yet fruit smoothies and drinks are still harmful because they still have sugar, even though those sugars are natural. 

Oranges and berries are much better. Why am I favoring fruits that much? You might be thinking it's still sugar in them, so how is it different from the sugar you are having right now? 

• The fruit has fiber, vitamins, minerals, water, and tons of nutrients that refined sugar does not have. 


• When studies compare diets with refined sugar to fruit sugar, the negative effects are not the same. 

“So what if I don't get nutrients from sugar! I can live with that,” You might be thinking. Let us discuss more on this to clarify why sugar is harmful. Too much sugar in your diet leads to many health problems, including: 

• obesity, 


• cardiovascular disease, 


• and diabetes. 

Quitting sugar is essential for your body and brain's short and long-term health. Unfortunately, many of you might be hooked on sugar. So to motivate you to quit sugar, here are some health benefits of quitting sugar.

What are the health benefits of quitting sugar? 

Find sleeping easy

If you find sleeping not less than a challenge, and you keep turning left to right so that sleep can knock on the doors of your eyes. So, you have one more reason to quit sugar. 

Many people are unaware that sugar can have a stimulating effect. Granted, not everyone gets wired by late-night sugar treats. Some people may experience an initial somnolent effect.

Eating sugar before bed can also cause trouble sleeping because you'll be up soon enough to urinate as your body works overtime to clear excess sugar. Late-night visits to the loo are all but guaranteed. In less and simple words-Less sugar means more sleep.

It will help in cutting down your anxiety and depression.

Many people think that eating sweet things will help them feel better. But this is just a myth. 

This myth is so popular because by eating sugar, the brain shows the same reaction as cocaine and releases the same chemical, known as “Dopamine,” known as the “feel-good” hormone. 

So because of this feel-good hormone, people feel better for some time and end up being an addict, just like cocaine. Therefore, you may think that sweet treats are helping you feel better after a bad day, but it's likely making your mood matters worse. 

A recent study has found that men who filled up on sugar had a 23 percent increased risk of developing a mental disorder, and both men and women high sugar-eaters had an increased risk of depression returning.

Are you feeling low lately? It could be because of your sweet tooth.

Your head will feel less pain.

Have you ever experienced headaches for no reason? 

This happens because crashing blood sugar levels is the culprit behind unwanted pain in the head. 

This pain can cause Migraines and other issues that you don't want to enter your body. Sugar is a trigger for headaches, but it's also known to increase the severity of pain. 

So cutting down some sugar can give you some relief. How? Because reducing your sugar intake will ultimately mean reducing your migraine misery, and following this path may eliminate your headaches.

Better Blood circulation

It should be mentioned that most health issues from dizziness to stroke are caused by blood not circulating correctly in your body. Therefore, if your blood pressure is high, then it should be. 

Well, you know who is to blame. High sugar intake could be pushing it over the line. 

Quit the sugar, and you will notice a normalizing of your blood pressure. You may even be able to stay in the healthy zone and off prescription medications. 

Another bonus is that your LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol will likely drop a few points, along with your triglycerides. For some people, quitting sugar can reduce these numbers by 30%.

It will help in weight loss.

You might have heard almost too many times that quitting sugar helps reduce weight. But why? 

Worry not today. I will tell you the reason. As I told you earlier, sugar is just empty calories. It does not contain any nutritional value. So, dropping the empty calories found in sugar can positively impact your weight. 

Unfortunately, most of us underestimate how much sugar we have until we make a conscious effort to drop it. You might be surprised how many empty-calorie you carried all this time when you will lose them by quitting sugar. 

Get rid of the brain fog.

Cutting sugar may be one of the best tools in your dietary arsenal to protect it from 

• Future cognitive decline 


• Dementia


• Alzheimer's Disease

What's more, ditching sugar has a more obvious and immediate benefit: a clearer head. Yes, less sugar equals less brain fog. 

A recent UCLA study found that high sugar intake harms memory and learning – in other words, a morning doughnut may be dulling your ability to think straight. 

So if you want to stay sharp, fill up on a low-sugar diet packed with nutrients and good fats.

Reduce the risk of diabetes

If you've been feeding your sweet tooth for ages, there's a good chance you may also be insulin resistant. Meaning, your body can't clear the sugar out of your bloodstream quickly or efficiently enough. 

As a result, it can drive weight gain by ditching sugar. You'll enable your body to stabilize your blood sugar and insulin levels. Which should curb weight gain and result in weight loss.

What are the ways doctors can wage war against sugar-sweetened beverages in clinical settings?

Sugar affects our health badly, and the people who are sworn to protect our health are the doctors. So, what can doctors do to make people quit sugar? 

Spread awareness

Sugar is widely available and cheap. Therefore, what can we do to start reducing sugar in our lives? 

One approach is to increase our awareness of the problem. 

For instance, sugar plays an essential role in the processed food industry. It is the most used substance in the processed food industry. These industrialized food manufacturers have contributed a lot to our sugar issue. 

This is how it works; sugar is addictive, making you consume more and more sugar, which means more money for the manufacturers. 

By explaining this tactic of manufacturers to people, doctors can make people aware and motivate them to quit sugar.

Bursting misleading advertising

  Sugar is a billion-dollar market. So, manufacturers do everything they can to make misleading advertising to promote their products because these people are mostly corporate giants. 

Therefore, they have a big budget to be spent just on this misleading advertising to people. 

People can't tell that misleading advertising or information these manufacturers are showing is not true. Because a normal consumer doesn't know this stuff, but a qualified doctor does.

 A doctor can alert people about these misleading advertisements to understand the minds behind those advertisers who want their product to sell.

They can show people data.

Doctors can show people data about sugar to understand this issue more effectively. 

It is proven that the human brain understands and trusts the information backed up by data. 

Doctors are the only people who can share this data because they are the only ones.