What will happen to the body if you stop eating sugar (sweet): the expert answers

Dependence on sweets is a frequent occurrence in the modern world. And if you can still abandon the pure sweetener by accustoming yourself, for example, to drinking plain coffee, then it seems impossible to stop eating chocolate and sweets altogether. Moreover, we cannot even assume about the presence of sugar in some products.

But what happens if the desire to live a healthy life overpowers the cravings for sweets? How will avoiding sweets and cakes affect the body? And are such drastic measures needed at all? We decided to find out the answers to these questions from an expert.

Founder of the clinic of aesthetic medicine SKY ESTETH

Low sugar levels (this often happens in people who have completely abandoned this product) – also bad, because a person feels weak, lethargic and apathy.

However, with high sugar content not the best changes begin to occur in the human body. Therefore, many adherents of a healthy lifestyle are trying to reduce the amount of refined sugar intake or completely exclude it from the diet.

What happens if you forget about sugar forever:

• With high sugar, which is typical for all lovers of sweets and cakes, you face a serious metabolic disorder, up to the development of diabetes. If you give up refined sugar and products with it, it will be difficult at first, because you are used to sweets, but then you will begin to feel burst of energy, and the blood glucose will return to normal.

• As soon as you stop eating sweets, the pounds will start to go away. And it’s not just the sugar itself, but also the products that contain it. Baking, candy, marmalade, fast food, ice cream and so on – all of these contain huge amounts of sugar and calories. Having rid your body of this food waste, you will immediately notice a reciprocal gratitude in the form weight reduction.

• Excess sugar disrupts the digestive tract (human gastrointestinal tract) – pathogenic flora begins to dominate, which leads to constant inflammation in the intestines, sugar also disrupts the work of stomach and pancreatic enzymes. As soon as you give up sweets and start to give preference to foods rich in fiber, then after a while you will feel an improvement in bowel function. Lightness and well-being throughout the day, without heaviness and bloating.

• You will stop craving sweets all the time. Sugar addiction is akin to drug addiction. Ate a chocolate bar – enjoyed it – ate a chocolate bar again. The less you eat sweets, the less you will want them. Replace sugar with berries and fruits, but only in small amounts.

• The taste of the food will return. If you are used to drinking tea or coffee with sugar or syrup, you don’t really know what they taste like. Like many other products, drinks are usually flavored with a hefty portion of refined sugar. If you stop doing this, the first time will be unusual and even tasteless, but then, after about two weeks, you will begin to feel the whole palette of tastes and regret not giving up sugar much earlier.

• If you have problems with your skin (dermatitis, seborrhea, acne, small rashes), then when you give up sugar, many notice improving the condition of the skin.

What you need to know for someone who is going to give up sweets

The most important thing is not to drastically change your diet in any direction, do not torment the body with stress. Everything should be gradual and meaningful.

When deciding to refuse some products or switching to a new nutritional system, consult a doctor, get tested, undergo an examination. If health is planted, there will be no sense from gastronomic manipulations. With diets, just like with doctors, the main principle is not to harm.