Signs of Mild Sugar Overdose (short and longer term)

Hi {NAME}, First it’s the brain fogginess. Then it’s the anxiousness. Finally, you feel like you’re retaining water and even your face feels puffy. Much of this is a pure result of what we call "overnutrition." It can happen with any type of nutrient, really. But seems to be more prevalent (and intense) with sugar). When your body has too many calories coming in at once, it can certainly trigger a cascade of uncomfortable feelings. Here’s the main things that happen when you overdo the sugar, so you know what is actually happening. 1. Bad Mood - It isn’t that you’re just angry because you indulged in something that makes you feel guilty… A study in Medical Hypotheses highlights some of the mechanisms underlying the effect of added dietary sugar on mood. For example, systemic inflammation, oxidative stress, impairment of the dopaminergic reward signaling pathway, gut microbiota disruption and production of glycation end-products (AGEs) have all been implicated in the effects of sugar both short term and long term. So in short, you could have a high level of oxidative and inflammatory stress that impacts you neurologically, thereby affecting your brain. Watch your mood after you have sugar and you’ll see what I mean. I’m a HUGE chocolate freak. Like it’s one thing I cannot kick in terms of habit, so I am always looking for ways to get my chocolate fix in without the sugar. Sometimes I even just eat straight 100% dark baking chocolate… but I really need to be in the right mood for that. There’s a brand new company out called [Better Chocolate]( which doesn’t have sugar, so we don’t have to worry about that, but it’s also better for you. 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Here is a 10% Off Discount Link using code THOMAS20 - [( 2. The next thing that happens is a weird, insatiable bout of cravings. When you get sucked into that box of sugar filled chocolates, it sometimes feels impossible to stop until there is nothing but wrappers left. This is just because they taste nice, but there is a physical change in the chemistry of your brain when you binge on sugar. Essentially, when you consume sugar, there is a surge in dopamine production in the brain – this ‘feels’ great and reinforces the brain to repeat the behavior, so you eat more and more sugar and get strong cravings as your brain is after its dopamine hit. Also, your brain can desensitize to dopamine meaning it needs a bigger and bigger hit (more and more sugar) to cause the same levels of pleasure and satisfaction. A study in Neuroscience suggests that binging of sugar will cause repeated release of dopamine from the nucleus accumbens and can create sugar-dependency, or in other words, a sugar addiction. This happens both short term AND long term. 3. Affects your skin… this is a bit more long term. But in short, when you overdo sugar, you have a high amount of circulating sugar which then reacts with proteins in your body and forms something called AGEs. - AGEs accumulate in the body and they can damage surrounding proteins even more. - AGEs damage collagen and elastin by making them stiff, dry and weak and are a primary cause of wrinkles as the skin will lack the firmness and elasticity of a younger person. - AGEs also deactivate the body’s natural antioxidants, leaving your skin without protection against free radicals which can damage the skin following exposure to pollution and UV radiation. THIS is what can have a short term effect. Let’s say you binge on a bunch of sugar in the morning, like a super sugary cereal breakfast, and then go out for a day at the beach in the sunshine… Well, you just lessened your ability to deal with the oxidative stress of the sun, and that right then and there can make you more susceptible to skin damage (short and long term). 4. Long term brain fog… this was published in the Journal Neurology. Found that having a higher circulating sugar over the longer term (90+ days) can really impact how our brain literally functions. So, in areas of the brain that are directly involved in learning and memories, high long-term (90 days) blood glucose levels appear to physically alter the volume of brain tissue and the physical structure of neuronal networks! It can LITERALLY change your brain to be less responsive and more foggy. And now, we’re starting to see short term data that this can happen shortly after sugar consumption as well. So we are really up against a big problem. Do the math. Sugar leads to brain fog and poor decisions. Sugar leads to addiction. Addiction leads to more sugar. More sugar leads to more brain fog… etc…. Etc.. etc. So where do we draw the line? Sometimes you need a little bit of a pattern interrupt and that is why having your chocolate fix satisfied here and there in a way that doesn’t involve sugar can still get you the endorphins and the effect on the brain WITHOUT the addicting aspect of sugar. As a matter of fact. Sugar free, or unsweetened dark chocolate was a way for me to GET off sugar when I was 300 lbs before. I never cut chocolate out. I love it too much. I just made better chocolate decisions. Enjoy your [chocolate](. See you tomorrow, Thomas PS - If you're in Canada, use this [link right here]( Sent to: {EMAIL} [Unsubscribe]( Thomas DeLauer, PO Box 1120, Stateline, NV 89449, United States