Why does everyone say not to eat lots of candy and dessert when trying to gain weight?

Question:

whats the worst thing that can happen? and if i did choose to go all out on sweets, would i still gain weight? is there a better alternative?

Answers:
In addition to throwing off the body's homeostasis, excess sugar may result in a number of other significant consequences. The following is a listing of some of sugar's metabolic consequences from a variety of medical journals and other scientific publications.

Sugar can suppress your immune system and impair your defenses against infectious disease.1,2

Sugar upsets the mineral relationships in your body: causes chromium and copper deficiencies and interferes with absorption of calcium and magnesium. 3,4,5,6

Sugar can cause can cause a rapid rise of adrenaline, hyperactivity, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and crankiness in children.7,8

Sugar can produce a significant rise in total cholesterol, triglycerides and bad cholesterol and a decrease in good cholesterol.9,10,11,12

Sugar causes a loss of tissue elasticity and function.13

Sugar feeds cancer cells and has been connected with the development of cancer of the breast, ovaries, prostate, rectum, pancreas, biliary tract, lung, gallbladder and stomach.14,15,16,17,18,19,20

Sugar can increase fasting levels of glucose and can cause reactive hypoglycemia.21,22

Sugar can weaken eyesight.23

Sugar can cause many problems with the gastrointestinal tract including: an acidic digestive tract, indigestion, malabsorption in patients with functional bowel disease, increased risk of Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis.24,25,26,27,28

Sugar can cause premature aging.29

You don't want to gain unhealthy weight. Building muscle is the best way to gain weight. Protein foods like steak, though it does have fat, are much better for you. Drink more milk to, this may help gain weight, but without taking in too much sugar and gaining to much rapid fat.

sugar is burned up fast and causes one to get hyper.

I don't know why they would say that because it certainly has worked for me.

Nothing too bad, only u may become addicted to sweets and become overweight. If u really wanna gain weight, u should just eat fatty foods and become a bit lazy

http://www.formerfatguy.com/articles/124.

^ All those things are pretty bad. Not to mention that sugar is very addictive.the more you consume the more you will want to keep consuming! Definitely keep your sugar intake moderate to low.

If you want to gain fat, eat plenty of nuts and cheese. They're easy to eat and contain many nutrients but are dense in calories and will help you pack on the pounds. Make sure you're eating more calories than you're burning.

If you want to gain muscle, which is probably preferable, it'll be a lot harder. You'll need to eat lots of protein - eggs, meat, whey - and lift weights.

Why does everyone say not to eat lots of candy and dessert when trying to gain weight?

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