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Published 14:47 IST, July 9th 2024

Benefits of Quitting Sugar

To opt for a fitness lifestyle then cutting sugar from the diet is a must

Reported by: Ankit Sinha
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Malaika Arora takes her fitness seriously and on the occasion of International Yoga Day, she shared a video doing various asanas. | Image: Malaika Arora/Instagram

When it comes to fitness, removing sugar from your diet is a must . If one wants to lead a fit lifestyle then removing sugar from one’s diet is highly recommended. 

Not in terms of losing weight but going for a fit lifestyle also requires anyone to kick out the sugar completely.

Sugar has sucrose which is responsible to spike the blood sugar levels and cholesterol both, further leading to various life threatening  heart diseases. 

Even the heart part be ignored but if any individual wants to get his/her system in a proper and regular flow then he/she should without any shadow of a doubt kick out the sugar and its products from the plate.

A well balanced and maintained physique can only be attainable if one is ready to have some restrictions in diet and cutting sugar is the first and foremost part of it. 

How The Body Reacts When We Stop Taking Sugar

  • Weight management - the most noticeable effect that comes when you get sugar removed from the diet is weight loss . Those people who are obese and try to lose weight then cutting sugar gives them incredible results.
  • Increase in metabolism-if you stop taking sugar then you get to feel the stamina and energy in your body as researchers found that low metabolism and fatigue are reasons of having high sugar intake. Once you stop taking sugar then you feel the high  and enhanced metabolism that not only in athletics but also in day to day life performance.
  • Improved mental clarity - The thinking approach, stability and mental control also increases.
  • Better Mind Body connection-The relation between mind and body will be more enhanced,improved and up to the mark.
  • Better skin health- Not in terms of mental health but cutting off sugar will get you a glance on the skin also you will have a better skin texture and glow on your face.
  • Reduces the risk of dental problems - It also improved the teeth and gums related problem as if the sugar intake is low or zero then teeth and gums are less prone to have cavities

Noticeable Changes Of Cutting down Sugar

Removing Sugar from the diet helps the individual to increase the intake of nutrient-rich foods, weight management and also it reduces the risk of heart disease and type-2 diabetes.

Researchers found that if anyone goes on an  off-sugar diet for a month that in that 30 days period he is supposed to have some relevant experiences such as weight loss, improved metabolism, improved heart functioning, reduces the type 2 diabetes risk etc.

Kicking out sugar from the diet is no doubt a very major step towards the fitness journey but one should keep this in mind that sugar alone is not the only enemy of being fit, rather one is also supposed to maintain a distance from unhealthy carbs.

Updated 19:16 IST, July 9th 2024