Ice cream, Gulab jamun, jalebi, barfi, Kalakand, Halwa, Cold drink, if you are the ones whose mouth is full of saliva hearing those words and you have an uncontrolled craving to eat it now, then you have a sweet tooth.
Sugar is nothing but a source of energy for the body which if exceeds the limits leads to havoc and is responsible for all the chronic diseases like obesity, hypertension, cholesterol. Bloating gas, joint pains, arthritis, sleep disorders, thyroid, diabetes, cancers and many more.
There is a pleasure centre in the brain, which makes us feel the pleasures of life like satiety after good meal, orgasm after sex, drugs like morphine and heroine kind of feelings.
Sugar releases natural opiates (chemicals) in the brain which are similar to feeling like the above mentioned, substances and activates the receptors in the brain. So, if you have the sweet tooth, it is very much like addiction to drugs to stimulate the pleasure centre of the brain.
The main factors involved can be summarised into 4 parts Diet, Chronic stress, chronic inflammation and Bacterial imbalance.
Sweets intake and simple carbs, can be one of the main reasons for your most of gut problems, skin problems and its craving is nurturing all the harmful bacteria in your gut.
With understanding and shifting to healthy option you can be in control of your most non resolving problems.