STEP 3 – THE UNDERSTANDING

If you had to take this exercise a step further and increase the analysis of how much hidden sugars are in most of the products you consume, you will quickly understand why you have those unwanted bulges. Everything has to be taken into context and nothing is as simple as it seems, but for the sake of the War on Sugar argument, your goal is to reduce the amount of sugar you consume on a daily basis. This can be done by making wiser choices. By reducing your sugar intake and food portion, while exercising daily will have a massively positive effect on your weight, mood and confidence.

When your body ingests too much sugar your pancreas releases insulin, which you know by now, causes your body to store excess glucose as fat. Insulin is also responsible for affecting a hormone known as leptin which basically sends a signal to your brain that you are full. It is the body’s natural appetite suppressant. When your body is subjected to long periods of insulin release, your body not only becomes carb-resistent, but leptin-resistent.

So now you are left with your brain not listening to the signal that you are full, and this leads to your weight gain. High fructose corn syrup, which is found in most drinks and foods, have this instant affect which you get after eating a full big fast food meal with soda, but you don’t have t he satisfaction that you are full, and thus over-eat.

Leptin resistance allowed our ancestors to eat big meals in times when there was plenty of food and excess ingested food was stored as fat in case of times of famine, which was quite frequent. In our current modern society, you are eating as if there will be no food tomorrow and this is why you are getting fat. The reason why you are getting fatter faster is because of the free availability of sugar which has somehow made it into nearly all of our modern foods.