If you are a typical American woman, you consume more than three times as much sugar as you have to reach 60 pounds a year and it can take a toll from your health and well-being.
Dr.Nick Bodenheimer
"Excess sugar can influence women's health in many ways," said Dr.Nick Bodenheimer, Ob-Gyn Ved Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center I Bolivia.
Some of these ways are known, they are weight gain and an increased risk of diabetes, liver disease, high blood pressure, stroke and heart problems.Others can surprise you: from blues and bloated feeling from PMs to increased opportunities for spontaneous cabins, gestational diabetes and birth defects and a higher risk for polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS).
That is why it is important for women to go light on sweets and to limit the intake of added sugar to the daily recommendation of 6 teaspoons per day.
"It all comes down to moderation," said Bodenheimer.
Unfortunately your hormones and even your eating habits can ensure that you want sugar - and it can sneak into your diet where you expect it the least.
We asked Bodenheimer what sugar does with the body of a woman and how women can tame their sweet tooth.
1. How is the menstrual cycle factor of a woman in?
With changing levels of estrogen and progesterone every month, there may be a decrease in serotonin - a chemical that is produced by your nerve cells, a natural mood stabilizer.Reduced levels of serotonin can lead to feelings of depression, anxiety and sugar.Which makes you feel better for a while - but then you want more.This is a problem with PMS and also during the perimenopause, the period before the periods of a woman stop forever and during the menopause.
2. How does pregnancy influence the sugar levels and vice versa?
Pregnancy is characterized by insulin resistance - which means that cells in your muscle, fat and life do not respond well to insulin, and your blood sugar level increases.It can lead to diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and a serious complication of pregnancy called pre -eclampsia.
3. How does high blood sugar affect mother and baby?
It can have effects on both.Digging women who do not have a tight glycemic control have a higher risk of diabetes during and after pregnancy, spontaneous cabins with a very large baby (9 to 11 pounds), fetal heart defects - and even fetally killing.The baby can also be born with low blood sugar;Fortunately, breastfeeding is a great way to help regulate it.
4. How does sugar contribute to polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)?
Just as with pregnancy, insulin resistance occurs with PCOS so that blood sugar levels can increase.A woman with PCOS has a 2.5 times higher risk of developing type 2. Insulin resistance can also lead to the production of androgens that are hormones that lead to male properties that lead to male properties such as body hair.
Usually a woman will come in and say that her period is irregular, or that she cannot get pregnant.We diagnose PCOS if she has two of the three characters: irregular periods;high levels of testosterone in her blood;And an ultrasonic finding known as "the pearl series", which is a bunch of small cysts on the ovary.Together with that you can also see high blood pressure, high cholesterol and lipids in the blood, as well as type 2 diabetes. The cause of PCOS is unclear and there is no remedy than limiting sugar is crucial.
5. Where does all this sugar come from?
Sugar comes from natural sources such as fruit and milk, as well as additives.Drinks (including soft drinks, fruit drinks, energy drinks and sweetened coffee and tea) are the number 1 source for added sugar, followed by snacks and candy, according to snacks, according to snacks, according to snacks, the American Heart Association.
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6. How can women avoid too much sugar?
The largest source is corn syrup with high fructose - you will almost find in total.Read product labels.See also after corn sweet, honey, molasses, brown sugar and sugar molecules that end up in "ose" (such as dextrose, maltose and saccharose).Even after Sorbitol that is in many processed foods.Our body often has trouble digesting it and other complex sugars, which can lead to a bloated feeling.If you constantly bomb your body with these complex sugars, it is when you get them symptoms.If you'When you limit the sugar intake, your body is not overwhelmed.
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7. Has sugar replaced the solution?
Moderation is really the key, but if you tend sugar substitutes, I would be derived from plants on a natural such as stevia or agave syrup.Need more research in people to understand whether they are tolerated or not tolerated or not.
8. What do you recommend?
Again, it all comes down to moderation, to see labels and try to avoid processed foods as much as possible.(And that includes almost everything you find in the freezing size of a tennis ball.
Avoid snacking.But if you make snack, avoid sugar -containing delicacies.Some trail mixtures are relatively little sugar - read the label again.Nuts and raw vegetables are also good choices.And watch your body: eat if you are really hungry, and not because you are just tired or bored.
9. Focus on lifestyle
Checking sugar intake has landed into a healthy and sustainable diet.Many women use an app to follow what they eat and see their calories and within six months they no longer need it.It is not a quick solution;It is a change in lifestyle and I use the word 'sustainable' a lot, because that is what life will last.Find a specialist in general practitioner medicine in your area.
