How sugar can cause diseases

Week 3 starts! The first assignment is done ladies. Hopefully it wasn’t too hard on any of you and everything went well. I think most of you are aware of the fact that it’s a pretty common problem worldwide that we consume too much sugar. It’s probably not a surprise when I tell you this affects our general health. You might think that you don’t consume sugar that much but news flash! Sugar is hidden in a lot of products and even your body turns some products into sugar which causes you to unintentionally have a lot of sugar in your body. For example carbohydrates such as white rice, pasta and bread are turned into sugar in your body.

‘’Eat less sugar, you’re sweet enough already’’

But how exactly can sugar cause diseases? How this exactly works on cell level is quite complicated but what it basically comes down to is that our bodies always want to be balanced in order to work properly. Therefor our bodies run processes 24/7 to check if we’re still balanced. Balanced body, happy body. How great is it that our bodies are always working on getting us balanced without us even realizing it or have to think about it. When your body is out of balance it immediately takes action. And this can lead to diseases and discomforts. Sugar is known to be one of the main reasons your body gets out of balance. When you have too much sugar in your body it enables your body to run specific important processes. This can lead to diabetes type 1, rheumatic disorder, heart and vascular diseases and obesity.

Kind of a wake up call don’t you think?! I think that many of you are not aware of what a daily consumption of sugar can do to your body. And I get that, but that’s why I want to be your eye opener so that you become a little bit more aware :-).

This week’s assignment

We gaan ook deze week weer met ons dagboekje aan de slag meiden omdat dit ons goed bewust maakt van ons gedrag. En je kan pas bepaald gedrag aanpassen als je er bewust van bent ;-). Ik wil dat je deze week 1 dag precies opschrijft wat je normaal gesproken op een hele dag eet. De dag erna ga je proberen om dezelfde soort maaltijden te eten maar dan suikervrij. Bijvoorbeeld: je bakje Optimel kwark aardbeiensmaak vervangen door magere kwark met fruit, of je Peijnenburg ontbijtkoek vervangen door mijn gezonde Suikervrije ontbijtkoek. Je kan de veranderingen uiteraard zo groot en zo klein maken als je zelf wil. Die keuze laat ik je vrij. Ik vind het belangrijkste namelijk dat je er bewust mee bezig bent.