Sugar is sweeter for everyone’s taste buds but harmful for vital organs like kidney, liver and heart.
Though it serves as an energy source for the human body, those who consume more ‘added sugar’ — which is, the sugar that bakers and confectioners add to food products — are more likely to have diabetes, kidney failure, heart disease, and liver disease.
Soft drinks, fruit drinks, flavoured milk, yogurts, cookies, cakes, and candy are the top sources of added sugar.
This processed sugar is also present in food items such as soups, bread, processed meats, and ketchup.
Natural sugar stored in fresh fruits and vegetables are good for health. But consuming too much processed sugar may lead to serious health problems.
There are three types of sugar — ‘fructose’, ‘glucose’ and ‘sucrose’ — and each has specific characteristics.
Each of them is processed by the human body a bit differently. Sugar plays a key role in triggering kidney disease risk factors such as diabetes, high serum uric acid levels, and obesity.
Several studies indicate that the risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is high among the consumers of sugar-sweetened beverages.
Once the blood sugar level shoots up, kidneys start discharging sugar into the urine. The higher the blood sugar level, the more the amount of sugar discharged.
