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How sugar can temporarily sabotage your immune system - CNET
May 30, 2020 1 min, 1 sec

Keep reading below to find out exactly how sugar affects your immune system, what science has to say on the subject and how much sugar it takes to create the negative effects.

Besides being a driver behind other chronic health conditions like diabetes and heart disease, sugar consumption affects your body's ability to fight off viruses or other infections in the body.

White blood cells, also known as "killer cells," are highly affected by sugar consumption.

Another study showed that high blood sugar affects infection-fighting mechanisms in diabetics.

This nutrition study shows that it takes about 75 grams of sugar to weaken the immune system.

That study above was published in the 1970s, but another study from 2011 expanded on the previous research and found that sugar, especially fructose (like the sugar in high-fructose corn syrup) negatively affected the immune response to viruses and bacteria.

Another way to look at that amount is to limit your sugar intake to no more than six teaspoons, or 25 grams total.

Finally, if you stick to a well-balanced diet and keep your sugar consumption in check (ideally limit it to 25 grams a day), then your immune system will have a better chance to do its job and keep you from getting sick

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