Sugar is a necessary evil. The statement may seem like an oxymoron but, it is true that there has been researches conducted regarding the same. Scientists at Harvard researched day and night to establish the positive effect of sugar on human health.
A few functions of sugar in our body that help establish that sugar is a necessary evil.
While viruses and bacteria attack us, it is the sugar molecules that help our body identify them. Sugar molecules transport protein from one part of the body to another. Also, ensure that these proteins also functioning well for the benefit of the body.
Sugar is a necessary evil- what if we take it too little?
Intake of too much sugar has already been proven to be hazardous to health, too little can be equally fatal. The primary indications of too little sugar are light-headedness, dizziness, anxiety, irritability, and also severe dips in serotonin levels. The major complications of too little sugar in the body can lead to neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s, diabetes, inflammation, and sometimes cancer. O-GlcNAc is a sugar that is found in more than 5,000 undruggable proteins. But to scientists have devised an O-G1cNAc pencil and eraser tool that would add or remove sugars from a particular protein.
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What do researchers say?
Daniel Ramirez is a co-author of the study and is diligently working towards establishing the fact that Sugar is a necessary evil. He quotes that “We can now start studying particular proteins and see what happens when you add or remove the sugar” He further adds, “This is turning out to be very important for a lot of chronic diseases, like cancer and diabetes and Alzheimer’s”.
Their research altogether was published in Nature Chemical Biology. Another contributor, Christian Woo, is an associate professor of chemistry and chemical biology. He was found quoting, “With the protein-level approach, we’re filling in an important piece that was missing”
