Is there anything wrong with not eating sugar? From morning tea to sweets. Sugar adds sweetness not only to our food, but also to our lives. Without this sugar, we would not be able to eat foods like sweets, chocolate, cakes or soft drinks. But where did this sugar come from and how did it reach our kitchen? Sugar and then brown sugar were first made in India from sugarcane juice. Historical books and various reports from India and abroad provide evidence of this. According to a research report titled ‘A History of Sugar: The Food Nobody Needs, But Everyone Craves’ published by the British media outlet network ‘The Conversation’, sugar was made in India around 2,500 years ago, i.e. 500 BC. From here, the technology to make it spread eastwards to China and reached the Middle East via Iran. In the first century, the historian Pliny the Elder, who wrote the encyclopedia ‘Naturalis Historia’, said that Indian sugar was better than sugar made in Arabia. It is said that sugar first reac...
How does obesity cause heart disease? Is there a connection between obesity and heart disease? Many people are asking us. As obesity increases, the risk of heart disease may also increase. Obesity is also a cause of diabetes, cholesterol and high blood pressure. A type of fat called 'triglycerides' is high in obese people and the amount of bad cholesterol is also high. Due to all these things, the possibility of blockage of the blood vessels of the heart and blood vessels leading to the brain increases due to long-term accumulation of fat in the blood vessels of the heart and blood vessels leading to the brain. In addition, the possibility of the body's blood vessels being closed increases. Due to this, serious problems like heart attack and stroke start appearing. How do you know that obesity has heart problems? The most common problem in heart disease due to obesity and various other causes is heart artery blockage. In this problem, the amount of cholesterol in the body i...