Is sugar always on your mind?
It could be, because it is an ingredient in everything you eat. In sad times and happy times, sugar is there. Sugar can be the best part of a celebration.
Valentine's Day is approaching. What will you give your honey?
Roses are red
violets are blue
sugar is sweet and so are you!
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Why is sugar sweet?
"All sugars are sweet because they contain OH groups with particular orientation that can interact with the taste receptors for sweetness on our tongues (http://butane.chem.uiuc.edu/pshapley/GenChem2/B4/index.html)."
How many different ways have you had sugar? Sugar can be manipulated into works of delectable art. Sugar products have their own isles in supermarkets. It is possible to say that you can't go shopping without picking up a product with sugar in the ingredient.
"At the neurobiological level, the neural substrates of sugar and sweet reward appear to be more robust than those of cocaine (i.e., more resistant to functional failures), possibly reflecting past selective evolutionary pressures for seeking and taking foods high in sugar and calories. The biological robustness in the neural substrates of sugar and sweet reward may be sufficient to explain why many people can have difficultly controlling the consumption of foods high in sugar when continuously exposed to them(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23719144)."
Basically, sucrose/table sugar is recognized as a drug that effects everyone causing addictions in adults and children.
These sugar addictions can lead to downward spirals in your health. Sugar crashes take place. A sugar crash is defined as low blood sugar that occurs after a sugar high. The condition is reactive hypoglycemia (RH). RH works along side serotonin. Serotonin is a key neurotransmitter linked to well-being, and bodily equilibrium. This neurotransmitter brings on symptoms such as depression, anxiety, irritability, confusion, and exhaustion. Hypoglycemia has been linked to phobias, self-isolation, suicidal thoughts, rage, and violence.
Sugar high-
a sudden and brief burst of energy supposedly experienced after the consumption of food or drink with a high sugar content (https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/sugar_rush)
Individuals are hooked on acquiring a sugar high. There are done healthy alternatives, though.
Always remember your food groups. Choose wisely.
- Vegetable Group: 2.5 cups total for five servings each day. Choose a variety of vegetables of different colors, including dark green and orange.
- Fruit Group: 2 cups total for four servings each day. Choose a variety of fruits of different colors.
- Milk Group: 3 cups each day. Yogurt, milk, and cheese (low-fat or fat-free versions are best).
- Meats and Beans Group: 5.5 ounces total for two or three servings each day. Lean meats, chicken, eggs, nuts, dried beans/ peas, and fish.
- Oils: six teaspoons or servings each day. Choose mono- and polyunsaturated oils.
- Discretionary Calories: a small amount. An allotment of 100 to 300 calories can be used on foods with fats or sugars, like dessert.
Sucrose- a crystalline disaccharide, C(12)H(22)O(11), the sugar obtained from sugarcane, sugar beet, and sorghum.
Sucrose isn't the sweetest thing out there. Syrup is 1.5 times sweeter than table sugar. Sugar isn't a state of mind. You can choose to stop your sugar addiction.
In moderation, sugar is ok. Eat healthy, live healthy, be healthy.
