How Sugar Cause Erectile Dysfunction, Painful Period Cramp And Hemorrhoid

Sugar effect

Health experts have always warned of the dangers of consuming too much sugar than the body needs at any given time. However, the greatest highlight is the negative effects it has on diabetes. But when people say sugar can make period cramps get worse, cause hemorrhoid and erectile dysfunction, many people don't take it seriously.

Period Cramps

Female periods often come with several symptoms. Symptoms include fatigue, bloating, mood swing and cramps. Severity of one or more of the symptoms vary from woman to woman. However, too much sugar makes period cramps worse. This leads to pain. How you may ask. Here is the mechanism of action.

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At the beginning of the period, the endometrial cells that form the lining of the uterus produce large amounts of prostaglandin. Prostaglandins function is to increase blood flow in the body, blood vessels constriction, blood clotting, pain chemotaxis and dysfunction of tissues and organs. When the cells are broken down during this period, the prostaglandins are released.

The release prostaglandins, they constrict blood vessels in the uterus and make its muscles contract, causing painful cramps. Other prostaglandins enter the blood streams causing the other classic symptoms of period.

Research has shown that women who experience severe painful periods have more levels of prostaglandins in their blood. And sugar has been shown to stimulate the production of prostaglandins. This is as a result of response to high sugar levels.

Hemorrhoid (Pile)

You may consider the correlation between pile and sugar as one of those childhood mirth we took from primary school home. But believe me, there is a correlation. Although sugar doesn't cause piles, it is indirectly responsible for it. However, that is not the only link with the pile. There are other unhealthy lifestyles that can cause piles.

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Pile (jedi-jedi) as it is popularly called in some parts of Nigeria is a pain in the anus where the anus comes out. It always comes with pain. Pile is classified according to severity. It is caused mainly by constipation. And sugar is a known cause of constipation. So sugar is indirectly responsible for that pile. However, eating more roughages can help improve pile symptoms.

Erectile Dysfunction

Sugar hinders libido of men. Leptin is the hormone that tells your body when to stop eating. It also helps to monitor sexual behaviour. However, sugar creates leptin resistance in the body which reduce sex drive in men. It creates a sudden level of energy when the sugar level is high. That energy is lost immediately the body gets rid of the sugar from the body. This crash of sugar level in the body causes all that loss of libido.

Let's not forget to add that high sugar affects the level of testosterone in the body which is linked with libido. It reduces testosterone. Diabetes patients suffer from damage to nerves and blood vessels responsible for erection.