The connection between sugar and hemoglobin — does sweetness increase its level in the blood?

Sugar is a carbohydrate that is absorbed into the blood very quickly and has a noticeable effect on its composition.

When examining blood, doctors primarily look at these health criteria - hemoglobin and sugar levels.

Firstly, they are interconnected with each other, and secondly, a deviation from the norm of both indicators indicates the presence of any pathology requiring dietary adjustments, and first of all, a decrease in consumption or complete rejection of sugar.

The effect of sweets on hemoglobin

Sugar is an insidious substance. With regard to blood, it exacerbates the situation with low hemoglobin, but it can also provoke an increase in cases where it is a concomitant symptom of the disease.

Is it possible at a low level?

There is a common misconception that low hemoglobin levels need to be corrected with an enhanced diet. This is not entirely true: the body does not need all the useful products in a row, but only those that are favorable for the composition of the blood.

And not all of them can be combined with each other. Otherwise, the blood will not improve, and side problems will appear.

For example, dairy products contain iron and vitamins that help its absorption. But calcium from milk blocks the absorption of iron, which is found even in large quantities in some products and is an essential component of hemoglobin.

Therefore, if necessary, to increase hemoglobin, nutritionists often either warn against eating dairy products or advise eating them separately from iron-containing ones.

In the case of sugar, it's even worse:

1. It does not increase hemoglobin levels by itself, but it reduces the functionality of the immune system;
2. Increases the total caloric content of the daily amount of food and entails weight gain;
3. Rapidly absorbed into the blood and splitting, causes an unnatural appetite, additionally leading to obesity;
4. Reduces the ability to digest other foods that are really useful for the blood, therefore leads to a deficiency of nutrients, including those needed to raise hemoglobin;
5. Provokes the appearance of diabetes mellitus and hypertension.

But we are talking primarily about refined sugar. But there are other sweets, for example, fruits and dried fruits. Of course, glucose and fructose in their composition can be dangerous in increased amounts for the reasons already mentioned. But they also contain iron, organic acids, and minerals, without which the blood composition cannot be normal.

Therefore, in this case it is necessary to look for an alternative and not only not to give up the use of these healthy sweets, but also to introduce them into the diet, based on the physiological norm of their use.

For example, to improve blood, it is useful to periodically consume such sweet foods as:

• Honey and bitter or dark chocolate ;
• Beetroot and carrots ;
• Watermelon and melon;
• Apples and pears;
• Grapes and apricots;
• Dried apricots, figs, raisins and prunes.

Is it possible at elevated levels?

Many people believe that if low hemoglobin is bad, then elevated is a sign of good health. But this is not always the case!

In some cases, the body adapts to an increased need for hemoglobin, so it raises these indicators itself, naturally. For example, in pregnant women, smokers, mountain dwellers and athletes, it is higher, because the level of carbon dioxide, which hemoglobin removes from the body, is also increased.

But elevated hemoglobin is also found in such pathological conditions as:

1. Infectious diseases, poisoning and intestinal obstruction;
2. Asthma, high degree burns and oncological diseases;
3. Diabetes mellitus, liver disease and dehydration;
4. Increased blood density , thrombosis and varicose veins , etc .

All these pathologies are closely related to an increase in hemoglobin. Sugar will not increase the number of red blood cells by itself, but, consumed in unacceptable norms, will worsen the disease . And in the case of diabetes mellitus, it is also deadly, because the lack of the hormone insulin, which is needed to transport glucose into cells, can cost a diabetic his life.

Therefore, with such a deviation in blood composition from the norm, the use of sweets should also be limited.

 

7 facts about the effects on the cardiovascular system

Sweet &8212; this is the last thing the body needs for heart and vascular diseases. And in an increased amount, it only worsens the condition of blood vessels and disrupts the work of the heart muscle .

1. Dystrophy of the heart muscle. Cores should not abuse sweets, as it leads to vitamin B1 deficiency, essential for the heart .
2. Overload. An excess of sweets overloads the heart and blood vessels, as it leads to edema and the appearance of obesity.
3. Decreased elasticity of blood vessels. It is dangerous with hypertensive problems and hemorrhages.
4. Varicose veins. Veins of all vessels suffer first of all: chronic vascular pathologies develop.
5. Hypertension. When consuming a large dose of sugar, blood pressure can jump sharply. Lowering it quickly is also dangerous.
6. Deterioration of blood circulation . Studies have shown that when consuming increased daily sugar levels, it worsens blood supply to the brain and all organs by about 15-20%. Limbs are particularly affected.
7. Hypoxia, intoxication. As blood circulation worsens, organs suffer not only from oxygen starvation, that is, hypoxia. The transportation of decomposition products from the body is also disrupted: carbon dioxide, slags. As a result, a state of intoxication occurs.

Safe daily allowance

Neither the composition of the blood nor the work of the vessels will be affected if the product is present in the diet within the normal range.

You should not categorically refuse sweets, at least because it benefits the hormone of joy serotonin , which is formed when consuming sugar or fructose, has not been canceled. But the norm must be observed.

Depending on age, build and physical activity, it is safe for the body you can only consume 1-6 teaspoons of sugar without a slide per day.

It should be borne in mind that this is not only the sugar that you put in your tea, but also all other sweets, fruits, dried fruits and even natural, not only store-bought, juices.

That is, during the day you can afford a cup of sweet tea or coffee in the morning, sometimes a candy and 1-2 fruits for snacks during the day. Such a volume of sweets will satisfy the need for serotonin and will not negatively affect the composition of the blood, the work of the heart and blood vessels.

It is recommended to completely abandon store nectars and lemonades. Firstly, the maximum daily sugar content is dissolved in one glass of soda. But when drinking sweet water, a person psychologically perceives it as ordinary, and does not take into account the amount of sugar consumption.

And secondly, carbon dioxide helps sugar to be absorbed into the blood faster, split as quickly and provoke the use of the next dose.

 

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Conclusion

It is not necessary to take a categorical position, arguing that any sugar and in any quantities is a white poison. But you need to limit yourself in this product, even preferring natural and in many ways very healthy sweets.