11 Signs Your Sweet Tooth Has Gone Too Far

Mar 27, 2018 by apost team

High blood sugar is not limited to diabetics: anyone can suffer from the condition. Unaddressed, it can cause serious damage to the blood vessels, organs, and nerves. To prevent this, it's important to be able to recognize the symptoms. These are common signs that you need to pump the breaks on the sugar.

High blood sugar prevents the body from storing and absorbing glucose properly, leaving the body with a lack of fuel and energy. People with high blood sugar tend to tire easily and frequently.

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When blood sugar is too high, the crucial kidney filtration system cannot function properly, and the body fights back as the kidneys fail to reabsorb excess fluid.

High blood sugar forces the kidneys to work in overdrive to filter the sugar and, with the increase in urination, the body begins to dehydrate, leaving you feeling thirsty. 

Heavy sugar consumption prevents the body from getting energy. Having too much sugar keeps glucose from entering cells, tricking the body into craving more food. 

Increased glucose forces the body to use more calories as it attempts to expel the extra glucose and, combined with the increased fluid loss, people can see a drop in weight in a short period of time.

Yeast infections and UTIs are most common in women with high blood sugar. A large presence of sugar creates an optimal environment for yeasts and bacteria to reproduce.

When the dehydrated cells suffer and begin to deform, the eye cannot focus properly.

High blood sugar causes vascular damage, which leads to weakened circulation to limbs, preventing the body from healing its tissues.

When brain cells struggle to get energy, thinking and decision-making processes are slowed down.

Brain chemistry is temperamental, and spikes and drops in glucose levels negatively affect its ability to function. This can lead to anxiety, irritability, and even depression.

Skin needs moisture to be soft and supple, so the loss of fluids can certainly cause dryness. Reduced circulation and damage to nerves can also affect the balance of water available to the skin.

Thank you for reading, hopefully, now you are more informed about the negatives of consuming too much sugar. We are not saying stop completely because let's face it everyone needs to devour some candy every once in a while. Just try to be a little more resilient next time :)