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Before we get to the heart of the article, it should be said that sugar itself is not the devil.
Sugar occurs naturally in a large number of foods, including fruit and milk. However, the additional sugar artificially added to your diet is no longer necessary.
On the contrary, if you eliminate the artificially added sugar that is not a natural part of foods from your diet, it will mean several health benefits for your body.
Although people in the West are taught to like sweets from a young age, we really do not need this added sugar.
So what will happen to your body if you eliminate all unnatural sugar? Let’s take a closer look now.
1. Your energy level will increase
Ironically, most of us reach for something sweet, including highly sweetened energy drinks, precisely when we are tired.
Still, without sugar we are guaranteed to have a higher level of natural energy. It literally holds that artificial sugar blocks our body’s ability to maintain a high energy level.
Moreover, without artificial sugar you won’t experience sudden surges and drops in energy. Afternoon fatigue will become a thing of the past.
2. Your weight will stabilize
Sugar causes your body to crave more sugar, and it’s not just sugar in its classic form.
In addition, sugar is usually part of highly processed foods that also contain large amounts of fats and other undesirable additives.
By undergoing a sugar detox, your body will not be burdened by the intake of these additional empty calories. You will not feel hungry and eventually you will start losing excess kilograms.
3. Your gut will work more efficiently
If your gut could speak, it would tell you that what it wants most is plenty of fiber and a minimum of hard-to-digest foods.
If you remove sugar from your diet, you enable your intestines to maximize the processing and absorption of what you have consumed.
You may even find yourself visiting the toilet more often — which is a good thing. Everything will then fall into a normal routine.
4. You will stop craving sweets
The fact is that sugar begets more sugar. When you eliminate artificial sugar from your diet, over time you will not only stop craving sweets, but it will literally become unpleasant to you.
Then you’ll wonder how you could once eat such incredibly over-sweetened foods like various chocolates, cookies and other sweets.
Fruit will be just the right level of sweet, but a bite of cake will amaze you with its overly sweet taste.
5. Your skin will look healthier
Are you surprised why acne tends to appear and disappear on your face despite all the creams, toners and other cosmetics you use?
It’s precisely sugar that harms your skin from the inside.
Many people report that their skin began to look more beautiful and healthier once they gave up sugar.
How to start a sugar detox
In light of the ever-growing research on the harmfulness of sugar, the World Health Organization (WHO) recently changed its recommendations.
From the original 10% of calories coming from sugars, they now say it should be no more than 5%.
If you’ve been addicted to sugar for a long time, it is recommended to start quitting gradually. First, take stock of all the sweet things you eat and drink during the day and try to reduce the frequency.
If you’re addicted to sweetened coffee four times a day, reduce it first to three cups, then to two. Start skipping other sugar-rich foods as well. Over time you’ll get used to the new routine.
Remember that it usually takes 3 weeks for a person to adopt a new habit. So don’t despair if you aren’t successful after a week and try to persevere in your determination.
If you sometimes have a sweet after a stressful day, don’t beat yourself up. The main thing is that you don’t give up and continue. The result is truly worth it.
