Contest Alert || "Learn More About Sugar"

Assalam O Alaikum

Hello dear friends! Well come to my post. How are you all? I hope you will be doing well by the grace of Almighty Allah. I'm also fine and enjoying my day. Today I'm here to participate in this amazing contest which is organized by @oneray in this Healthy Steem community. The topic of this contest is "Learn more About Sugar". So let's start without any more delay of time.

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What is sugar and what are its main types?

Sugar is a sweet substance that is used to provide and add sweetness to the foods and the drinks it is also a form of carbohydrate that provide us quick energy to the body. Sugar have various forms including like white sugar brown sugar and powder sugar and every sugar has its own taste and texture it is an essential ingredient of our recipe and it is also found naturally in some vegetables and fruits.

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• Most common type of sugar is white sugar which is found everywhere in the home and it is made up of sugarcane and used in cooking baking and in so many drinks.

• We have another type is the brown sugar it is slightly of caramel flavour and use in baking and baking others sauce.

• One of the type of sugar is the powder sugar which is actually the white sugar and it is finally ground into the powder form and it is used in the icing for cakes and desserts.

What are the effects of excessive sugar consumption on health?

Yes actually the sugar is known as white poison as it has many negative impacts on our health. When a person consume high amount sugar in his daily life it can create many problems for him. Also Taking excessive amount of the sugar have very negative effects on our health some of the consequences are given below.

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• First of all if we can do much sugar then we gain our weight because it give us so many excessive calories and it also imbalance our energy into.

• It also increases the risk of obesity because it have high amount of energy which our body do not required and cannot utilise it so it appears in the form of obesity.

• One of the serious health issue is diabetes type to and it is caused by the sugar intake.

• People also face so many dental issues in their truth and cavities because of this sugar it produce so many bacteria in our teeth if we do not brush and clean it properly from our teeth.

• It also causes heart disease including heart failure and liver disease if it does not utilized by the body completely.

What are some healthy alternatives to refined sugar?

There are so many healthy alternative of the refine sugar such as

Honey is a very good alternative and it is also a natural sweetness and also used in baking cooking and all the processes in which white sugar is used.

Dates are also very good alternative of the sugar we can use them and it is also rich from so many ingredients like potassium and magnesium

Coconut sugar is also a healthy form of sugar because it is made up of the coconut tree and it is also produced naturally.

Mapel sirf is also drive from the Maple tree and it is also a natural sweetness which is rich from the antioxidant.

Is it necessary to consume some sugar? Explain your reasons.

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Yes it is necessary to consume until amount of sugar because it also give us quick energy resources if we do not have a time to eat protein and or that nipple ingredient and also carbohydrate is also very important factor for our body we can get quickly a lot of energy by adding sugar and also natural sugars including vegetable are also important factor and give us including fibre minerals and other things so it is not bad to consume sugar but I healthy amount and also utilise it in our daily life is very important

So friends that was my entry about that topic and I hope you will enjoy reading it. Now it is a time to say goodbye to everyone and I want to invite my friends @muktaseo, @leight and @jannat12 to take a part in this amazing contest.

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Written by @abdullahw2

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Thanks All ❤️

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