The complex combinations of compounds in food can stimulate brain cells to release mood-altering norepinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin.But getting to your brain cells is tricky, and amino acids have to compete for limite...
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How Does Your Body Digest Sugar?Now you understand the types of sugar and its potential toxicity, you can get to grips with how they affect different organs, systems, and processes in the body. When you understand what is going on internally you can make informed choices about your sugar ...
No matter what it’s called, sugar is sugar, and in excess, it can negatively affect your body in many ways. Here’s a closer look at how sugar can mess with your health, from head to toe. Your Brain Eating sugar gives your brain a surge of a feel-good chemical called dopamine. ...
Liver disease.Liquid sugar is absorbed into your blood more quickly. This brings your body’s vital organs, like your pancreas and liver, more sugar than they can handle. This overload of sugar can increase your risk for liver disease. Your body’s response to that much sugar is to make...
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Of course, that doesn't give you an excuse go hog-wild on sugary treats every day, but it does mean you can't cut it out completely. Just use this guide to help you be smarter about your sugar intake. The different types of sugar: Since carbs ultimately break down into glucose, the...
Diets high in processed foods, sugar, and unhealthy fats can have detrimental effects on mental health. Processed foods often contain additives, preservatives, and artificial ingredients that can negatively affect brain function. Key concerns include: ...
However, investigating ADHD neurology demonstrates key physical ADHD effects on the brain, and sheds light on the complex nature of ADHD and the widespread impact it can have on many aspects of life beyond attention and behaviorsHow does ADHD affect the brain? Below, we delve into the ...
Your body is able to create these fats whenever it has a caloric surplus. It can create them from straight sugar if there are enough sugar calories coming in (see How Food Works for a discussion of carbohydrates and sugar). It turns out that there is another class of fatty acids called ...