The American Heart Association has claimed the average adult intakes about 22 tablespoons of sugar. With 4 grams per tablespoon, that’s 88 grams of sugar consumed on a single day. The recommended daily intake for an average adult who works out is 25 grams, about 6 tablespoons. We may not notice it with the different names labeled on packages and because we’re not visually seeing this many tablespoons, it’s easy to keep eating the same way. However, the impact of sugar is still detrimental. American’s are seeing the results of poor eating habits in their everyday lives and especially in their health. The United States is quickly becoming the fattest nation and one of the sickest without anyone stopping to really process that. Cardiovascular diseases are now something common among both kids and adults and the only way to change how things are now is to realize there’s something wrong in the first place. …show more content…
When the body isn’t functioning correctly, the body begins to oppose the insulin. What the body does is it starts shutting down, preventing the body to process sugar as energy. The digestive system will only use what it needs, then it starts sending what’s left over to different muscles. This can actually slow down metabolism and raise blood sugar levels. Insulin resistance is a gateway to a lot of other diseases, or what we like to call Metabolic Syndrome. This syndrome is when the client shows more than 3 cardiovascular diseases, such as high blood pressure, cholesterol, and triglycerides. There’s no treatment for this, therefore the person is putting themselves at life-term risk for heart disease or even higher risk for heart