Sugar and your body

Sugar is a very important part of our dietary requirements. Sugar is one of main components to provide us the calories we need. But like anything, excess of sugar is bad and dangerous for health. Different scientific experimentations have proved that sugar is one root cause for many of the diseases which we see in our world.

You would have seen a lot of emphasis on reducing different kinds of Fat fro our diets, but somehow we neglect to care about the sugar intake. I have gone through some of the articles and reports which convinces me that it is high time that we keep a check on how much sugar we are putting in our system.

How much sugar a person needs to eat in a day?

32 grams based on a 2000 calorie Diet (Source: http://health.yahoo.com/experts/joybauernutrition/40/sugar-how-much-should-we-eat/)

Sugar is eaten to excess

It has been said that the criteria as to whether a substance (any substance) is harmful or medically beneficial is the quantity in which it is used in the human body. To point to a dramatic illustration: we all know that the venom of a rattlesnake, a cobra, water moccasin, coral, and other venomous snakes is deadly to the human system. There are some snakes whose bite is so deadly it can cause death within a matter of seconds. Nevertheless, even snake venom, deadly as it is, has been used for therapeutic, medical purposes when used in minute quantities.