According to the nutrition experts from America, Nancy Appleon, PhD, there are many reasons we should reduce sugar, these include:
- increase glucose levels and excess insulin reaction, which could potentially trigger the disease diabetes mellitus. Indonesia finished top four countries whose inhabitants suffered this disease according to WHO after India, China, the United States.
- Weaken the body to defend against bacterial infections.
- Make the absorption of minerals in the body become garbled, including calcium and magnesium.
- it weakens the power of vision.
- Causes of low blood pressure.
- Lower levels of vitamin E in the blood.
- increase cholesterol levels in the blood.
- make the skin easily wrinkled due to changing the structure of collagen.
- sugar is the number one enemy for bowel activity.
- can make muscles easily damaged.