Here is the reality we must confront on International Women's Day: The decisions women make about their families are the key to improving life for many of the poorest communities in the world.
Here are some of the effects that consuming too much sugar has on your health: 1  It overloads and damages your liver. 2  It tricks your body into gaining weight and affects your insulin and leptin signaling. 3  It causes metabolic dysfunction. 4  It increases your uric acid levels.
Then there is the sugar in fruits, called fructose. But the sugar that really affects your life is glucose. This is the sugar that floats around in your blood, providing energy for your muscles, food for your brain cells and power for the millions of chemical reactions that take place in your body.