As is known, in most cases the sweet taste of various delicacies is caused by the presence in the food product of such carbohydrates as sucrose (this substance is more known to us in everyday life as sugar), as well as glucose and fructose. Carbohydrates are quite high-calorie food components. Suffice it to say that the bulk of the energy that is expended by the body to carry out all sorts of physiological reactions is formed by the digestion of carbohydrates in the digestive tract. Excess intake of carbohydrates into the body with food causes difficulties for the process of their complete processing and utilization to the final exchange products (carbon dioxide and water). Non-decomposed carbohydrates are transformed into fats and stored in adipose tissue. Therefore, it becomes clear why an excess of carbohydrates causes the appearance of "extra" body weight.
Due to the high content of carbohydrates, various kinds of sweets provide our body with a large number of calories, which, however, can not be fully spent on providing vital processes. The excessive amount of these substances contributes to the appearance of a large mass of fatty deposits, which have a very negative effect on the state of the figure.
Of course, the high calorie content of carbohydrates does not mean that you should completely limit the consumption of sweets for food. For example, it is perfectly permissible to add one or two spoonfuls of sugar to a cup of your favorite tea or coffee. In addition, the glucose that appears in the body during the breakdown of complex carbohydrates is extremely necessary for the normal functioning of muscle tissue and nerve cells. The complete exclusion of sugar from the food (the molecule of which consists of the remains of glucose and fructose) leads to rapid fatigue and contributes to a sharp decline in efficiency.
As already noted, most sweets contain an excessive amount of sugar, and this substance is a carbohydrate of almost 100% purity. And now take into account that such sweets as sweets, candies or sweet wool almost entirely consist of sugar in one form or another. Using even a small amount of these foods, we increase the risk of overweight. If you can not forget about the sweets on your kitchen table, then try to at least consume them in the morning, as in this case digestible carbohydrates will have time to completely split with the release of energy. Because of this, the likelihood of overweight will be slightly lower compared to eating carbohydrates in the evening.
But does the foregoing mean that all the sweets inevitably cause the appearance and further build-up of excess body weight? In the event that you want to have a slender and smart figure, but are not ready to part with your favorite sweet dishes at the same time, you have only one way out: to use sweets using artificial sugar substitutes (for example, saccharin). Some of these substances are sweeter than all known sugars in tens or even hundreds of times, so the presence of even a very small amount of such compounds in the food will make any dish sweet enough. However, using such substitutes is better in very limited quantities and for a short time.