7 Days No Sugar Challenge for Weight Loss
Most of us like to eat sugary food, but do you know how much harm this added sugar does to our body?
If not, then don’t worry readers, this article is for you. In this article, we will tell you some such harmful effects of added sugar, after knowing which you may never eat added sugar and as you have decided to give up added sugar then again this article is for you.
What are the harmful effects of added sugar?
Some harmful effects of Added Sugar
Drains Energy: Often we think that by eating sugar we get instant energy but this is not the entire truth. By eating added sugar we get instant energy but after some time the added sugar instead of boosting our energy drains our energy.
And the result is that we feel more lazy and low on energy than before.
Affects Skin: Eating added sugar is very harmful for our body and our skin as well. This not only causes pimples but also makes us look older.
Along with that person eating excess of added sugar may also suffer inflammation,sagging,etc.
Diabetes: Consuming excessive amounts of added sugar also increases the chances of getting diabetes that can lead to obesity.
Cavities: Eating Many doctors say that eating sweets increases the chances of cavities even if you brush your teeth daily.
Heart Diseases: Many cardiologists say that eating sweets increases the chances of chronic inflammation in the heart and blood vessels.
So these were some of the disadvantages of eating excessive amount of sugar. Now you might be thinking that if eating added sugar causes so much harm then it would be better to leave it, but how can you leave it.
Read Also: How to overcome sugar cravings?
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Benefits of quitting SUGAR for 7 Days
When we have decided that we have to quit sugar, let us see some benefits of quitting sugar. As we all need some motivation before starting something.
So, these benefits of quitting sugar would work as a motivation for you in you ‘No Sugar Challenge’.
Improves Skin: Cutting out added sugar from your diet has many skin benefits like not having acne and less chances of inflammation, improves skin texture,etc.
Lower risk of diabetes: Doctors say that by not eating added sugar, our chances of getting diabetes are less.
Weight loss: If you are thinking of losing weight then quitting added sugar. It can prove to be very helpful for you.
Boosts energy: Quitting sugar may make us feel lazy in the beginning. But later it helps a lot in boosting energy.
Improves overall health: If we remove added sugar from our diet, our overall health will improve. Because chances are that if we remove added sugar from our diet, we will eat more nutrient rich food which will improve our overall health.
So these were some of the benefits of not eating added sugar. Hope you might have got a little motivated.
Let us now know what No Sugar Challenge is? And what are the things we need to keep in mind in it.
How No Sugar Challenge works?
In the No Sugar Challenge, our focus is on not eating added sugar. There are many types of no sugar challenges, each has different rules and recommendations.
There are some things that we have to remove from our diet in this challenge. These include:
Biscuits
Chocolates
Soft drinks
Candies
Cakes
Ice creams
Again no sugar challenges are of many types and you can make changes accordingly but the main focus is on removing added sugar from your diet or limiting it.
Now let’s see some changes that you will see in your body when you do this 7 days No Sugar Challenge.
Day 1: You will not feel any changes on the first day, you will just have craving to eat sweets which you have to control.
2: You will not feel much change on the second day either, but today you will have more sugar cravings and may also get headache.
3: On the third day you may catch cold flu and you will doubt yourself whether you can do it or not.
4: You may get acne on the fourth day because your body is being detoxified.
You may also have mood changes on the sixth day.
5: You will have less cravings for sugar and you will also feel energetic.
6: Your pimples and acne will reduce.
7: You will feel changes in your skin, your skin will be smoother than before and you will glow.
These are some of the changes you will feel if you are doing the No Sugar Challenge.
Conclusion
If you do 7 days no sugar challenge , you will see changes in your body. And you can do these challenges as per your convenience with some variations.
Along with it you may eat nutrient rich diet. That helps you to stay healthy as well as helps to avoid you sugar cravings. Read our other article to know how to overcome sugar cravings.For more information click here
