DDHK. ORG - Sweet foods are tempting to eat, in large quantities. Chocolate, ice cream, and much more are the favorites of millions of people. But behind it all, excess sweet food can trigger heart disease.
Reporting from KompasIt's not just cholesterol, salt, and saturated fat that cause heart disease. Excessive consumption of sweet snacks can also trigger heart disease.
Recent research published in the journal BMC Medicine in February 2023 states that foods high in sugar are harmful to your health health heart.
This study was conducted by observing the eating habits of more than 110 thousand participants for 9 years. The results showed that people who consumed too much of something sweet had a 6 percent higher risk of developing heart disease and stroke than people who limited food and drinks high in sugar.
To find out the reasons why something sweet in excess triggers heart disease, see the following explanation.
Quoted from Everyday Health, excessive sweet food can cause a person to experience obesity and diabetes as well as blood vessel disorders which are risk factors for heart disease.
Uncontrolled consumption of sweet foods causes a person to experience obesity and diabetes. Obesity and diabetes can eventually cause or trigger coronary heart disease and increase the risk of stroke.
Well, the increase in blood sugar that occurs in diabetics can also result in high blood pressure that burdens the heart. On the other hand, obesity due to too much sweet food also increases blood pressure and causes fat accumulation in the blood vessels.
This high blood sugar damages blood vessels Consuming high amounts of processed sugar can damage the lining of blood vessels and reduce their elasticity. This causes the blood vessels to narrow, thus inhibiting blood flow to the heart and brain.
This condition then triggers heart attacks and strokes. Refined sugar can also increase triglycerides, resulting in decreased blood flow in the arteries if there is too much plaque buildup.
In addition, high triglycerides can also cause a significant increase in bad cholesterol (LDL), thus triggering various cardiovascular diseases.
What is the limit for consuming sweet foods? A lot of added sugar hides or is in food, for example in sauces, fruit juices, energy drinks, chips, processed meats, and cereals.
This makes it difficult for someone to detect how much sweet food they have consumed. However, the American Heart Association (AHA) recommends a daily sugar consumption rate of no more than 6 percent of your calories.
So, on a standard 2.000 calorie diet, the limit for added sugar is 6 teaspoons per day. In addition to limiting the consumption of sweet foods, namely 6 teaspoons of sugar per day, one also needs to consider sweet foods with natural sugar content. For example fructose in fruit or lactose contained in milk. [DDHK News]
