C. Booth
Last Updated on January 7, 2021
Mental Illness
High sugar levels can also affect your mood and overall mental health. One good example is the “sugar crash” where your blood sugar spikes following a sugary drink/snack and then goes rapidly down, making you moody, anxious, or
Besides the sugar crash, consuming too much fructose can wreck your neurotransmitters, which help maintain the stability of your mood. Serotonin is the neurotransmitter that does the mood-boosting thing after we eat sugary stuff.
Sadly, the human body doesn’t have much serotonin to offer, so the more it’s released, the faster the supply is depleted. And this how depression symptoms are born. Furthermore, since sugar affects hormones, it can cause mood fluctuations and even trigger schizophrenic episodes.
Lurking HIV
In fact, the HIV virus is covered in a chain of sugar molecules, but since it manages to camouflage with healthy cells, the coating prevents the body from detecting the virus.
Finally, it should be noted that simple sugars that are naturally found in milk or fruits are far less concerning. The negative health effects actually come from food products with added sugar.
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