Sugar is one of the deadly things we consume and still always appreciated it without thinking deeply about what it could do to us later in life, we always see the joy it bring to us and forget about the damage it is doing to our health, I know a person who can drink Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Fanta everyday of his life without considering the side effects this things are adding to our health.
I remember a man in my former neighborhood, this man his very friendly, lively, and always joking with people but one thing that stood out about him was his love for soft drinks, morning, afternoon, and night, you would see him with Coke, Fanta, or any sugary drink. This happens because his wife owned a provision store, she is very popular in our area and anytime I went to the store to get things I would always see this man eating either coke with bread or biscuits with Fanta or taking yogurt.
I always wonder why a man like that is addicted to sugary things, the wife always complaining which I had witnessed two or three times but this man was so adamant, two years ago I noticed that the man wasn't always in the store again so I asked one of my neighbors and he said the man was sick, that he was diagnosed with high sugar level which led to diabetes and was advised to reduce sugary drinks.
I heard that early last year he had a small injury on his left leg, It did not look serious at first, just a simple wound that anyone could have but the wound refused to heal, Instead it started getting worse, it became bigger and painful. When he went to the hospital, the doctors did their best but his body could not fight the infection well because of his health condition.
That was when the reality became clear, years of too much sugar had damaged his system quietly, his blood sugar was too high and it was affecting his healing process, the infection spread badly and the only way to save his life was to cut off the leg. The news shocked everyone in the neighborhood, nobody expected it to end like that, a man who only loved soft drinks had lost his leg, it was painful to see and it was even more painful to know that it could have been avoided.
Sugar is in almost everything we eat and drink and still we consume it freely without thinking, there are warnings on alcohol and cigarettes but nothing serious on sugary drinks, people drink them daily without knowing the long-term danger, too much sugar is very dangerous to the body, it may not show signs immediately but the damage is happening slowly inside and by the time it becomes obvious, it might already be too late to correct.
If sugar is taken in moderation, it may not be a problem but the way many people consume it today is worrying, maybe stronger awareness and regulation will help people make better choices before it is too late because sometimes what we enjoy too much can become what harms us later, sweetness should not send us to our early grave so we all need to be more careful and know the danger it carries.
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This is my response to this episode of Hivelearners community prompt of #hl-w203e1 which the topic is tagged SUGAR BAN