Article: What Happens When You Stop Eating All Sugar

Within one week, you can expect lower blood pressure and healthier fat and insulin levels in your bloodstream.

Zettelkasten, May 5th, 2022.

Notes

If you don't add added sugars to your diet, your body will benefit immediately. Within one week, you can expect lower blood pressure and healthier fat and insulin levels in your bloodstream.
You’re going to have tough some days because you don't have sugars to stimulate your brain.
Insulin drops to become more stable. Your body won't go through the cycle of sugar highs and crashes.
Your liver will make ketones from fat since there's no more glucose within three or five days.
It's common for people to cut sugar and high-glycemic foods for a short period to burn fat. Doctors still aren't sure whether this is healthy in the long term.
Doctors recommend eating healthy complex carbohydrates.

References

Melissa Matthews. What Happens When You Stop Eating All Sugar

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