Ways Sugar is Harming your Health
By; Chris, Kendra, and Ashley
#1 Depresssion
- Research has tied heavy sugar consumption to an increased risk of depression
- worse outcomes in individuals with schizophrenia.
#2 Addiction
- Both drugs, and to a lesser extent sugar and processed junk foods flood the brain
- Changes the function of the brain
#3 Anxiety
- The standard American diet, which is full of sugar and fat, does not necessarily cause anxiety
- It does appear to worsen anxiety symptoms and impair the body's ability to cope with stress
- Sugar can cause blurred vision, difficult thinking, and fatigue, all of which may be thought to be signs of a panic attack
#4 Learning and Memory
- Sugar may also compromise cognate abilities such as learning and memory
- In an animal study, six weeks of taking a fructose solution
- It caused the rats to forget their way out of the maze