Holiday Lebaran, the temptation to eat sweet is certainly everywhere. Visiting the house of relatives, you will usually be treated to a variety of delicious, but sweet Lebaran cake.
Not only provide extra calories, eating too much sweet will make the body react violently. You may experience abdominal pain, gemataran, or become weak.
Director of Food and Nutrition at Cooking Light, Brierlye Horton, MS, RD, explains: "When you eat too much sugar, your body will boost sugar into glucose, which is then released in the bloodstream." In response, the body releases insulin to help lower blood sugar, and help the cells clean it.The rest of the unused sugar will be stored as fat. "
Eating too much sugar will make your blood sugar level rise, resulting in you becoming hungry and wanting more sweet foods.
Melansir Health, Monday (18/06/2018), here are some things you can do after eating too much sweet:
- Consumption of protein and fiber
Stabilize your blood sugar levels by eating protein and fiber. Otherwise, blood sugar levels will continue to increase so you will continue to feel hungry, and want to eat again.
A good choice is apples, boiled eggs, or vegetables.
Eighty percent of people say they eat more sweet foods when under stress. A new study from the University of California, Davis, found, if women who are stressed drink sweet drinks, their stress levels decreased.
So, conquering stress can reduce the desire for sweet snacking.
- Prepare healthy food
Eating sweet makes you want unhealthy food. Prepare a healthy meal, so that later you are not tempted to eat foods that are not good for the body.
- Consumption of probiotics
A new study from Oregon State University shows, bad bacteria in the intestine thrive due to sugar, and this can affect your cognitive function.
Lai times, when you mostly eat sugar, try to drink probiotics or eat greek yogurt to add good bacteria into the intestine.