7 Body Signs Excess Sugar

Illustration of excess body sign sugar (freepic)

JAKARTA - The body has a unique way of signaling when sugar intake has exceeded the recommended limit. Although sugar can provide fast energy, excessive consumption can actually trigger various health problems, ranging from mood swings to sleep problems.

Understanding the symptoms can help you control your daily sugar consumption for long-term health.

According to Amy Goodson, a nutritionist from the United States, too much sugar in a diet can have a broad impact on physical and mental health.

Quoted from Eat This, Not That, he suggests starting to pay attention to the following signs as a signal that your body may have received excessive amounts of extra sugar.

Surges and decreases in blood sugar levels due to high sugar consumption can cause drastic mood swings. You may feel happy shortly after eating sweet foods, then suddenly feel restless or easily offended afterward.

Additional sugar intake, especially from sweet drinks and processed snacks, contributes calories that the body does not need. When consumed continuously, this habit can trigger unwanted weight gains.

Excess sugar consumption can trigger inflammation and disrupt the hormonal balance, which can eventually cause acne. Foods with a high glycemic index are known to stimulate excess oil production in the skin.

Sugar can indeed give an immediate energy explosion, but the effect does not last long. When blood sugar levels drop quickly after the spike, the body will feel more tired and sluggish than before.

If you find it difficult to sleep or wake up often at night, try to remember if you had eaten sweet foods before. Sugar can interfere with the production of sleep hormones such as melatonin, and cause blood sugar fluctuations that make you sleep not well.

Sugar can disrupt hormones that regulate hunger such as leptin and ghrelin. As a result, even after eating, the body still feels hungry and continues to want sweet foods, creating excessive eating cycles.

Decreasing blood sugar levels after consuming sweet foods can cause feelings of anger or offense. Stability of blood sugar greatly affects emotional control and concentration.