They’re sweet to the touch! They are sweet and tasty, so people can’t get enough of them! They are delicious, why let just love health at risk? People love food why make the body more and more tired? Persevere or give up? In this issue of Health Wealth, experts help you stay away from the trap of sweetness! What is sugar? Sugar is a nutrient necessary for the human body, which is converted into carbohydrates immediately after absorption for the body’s energy. It is mainly divided into monosaccharides and disaccharides. Monosaccharide – glucose, the molecular formula is C₆ single molecule chain, the body can be directly absorbed and then converted into the body’s needs. Disaccharide–Eating sugar, such as white sugar, brown sugar and sugar converted in food. Molecular formula is C₁₂, human body can’t absorb it directly, it must be transformed into monosaccharide by trypsin and then absorbed and used by human body. The commonly said sugar mainly includes: cane sugar, beet sugar, etc. Polysaccharide – a linear or branching polymer of more than 10 monosaccharides connected by glycosidic bonds Benefits of sugar? Sugar is an important nutrient required by the human body. Sugar is indispensable for constituting cells and tissues and regulating physiological functions. Sugar food accounts for a large proportion of people’s diet, and sugar has significant physiological functions for the human body. 1.Supply heat energy. All tissues and organs of the human body rely on the heat generated by the oxidation of sugar to maintain life activities, so that the human body’s fuel is sugar. About 70% of the energy of human activities is dependent on the supply of sugar. Sugar is the only source of heat energy for the nervous system of the brain. The human body to carry out the whistle, blood circulation, limb movement and body temperature maintenance, etc., are indispensable to sugar, especially for children’s growth and development, sugar is an indispensable nutrient. 2, the composition of tissue. Sugar is an important raw material for the composition of human tissue. It is an indispensable raw material for human tissue cells; sugar is an important component of nerves, cartilage, bones, cornea and vitreous humor, and ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid, which are composed of sugar and ribonucleoprotein, are important components of cells. Liver and muscle contain glycogen, blood contains glucose, part of body fat is converted from glycogen, and all tissues and organs of human body contain sugar components. 3.Assist fat oxidation. Fat oxidation in the body relies on sugar to supply calories. If sugar supply is insufficient, fat cannot be fully oxidized into carbon dioxide and water, which will produce too much acid to accumulate in the body and cause acidosis. 4, help the liver detoxification. Insufficient supply of sugar can convert glucose into glycogen, which is stored in the liver. Liver glycogen can promote liver metabolism, enhance liver regeneration ability, protect the liver from damage and improve liver detoxification.