The main function of the excretory system is to remove waste or unwanted/toxic materials from your body properly as well as regulates glucose, water and salt levels in the blood.
A study was done in 1986 by 4 scientists name Kozlovsky, Moser, Reiser and Anderson where they had two separate groups of men and women and made them eat a well balanced diet for twelve weeks and a high sugar diet for the following 6 weeks. Their chromium levels were taken before and after the first twelve weeks and before and after the last 6 weeks and noticed that their levels were lower when they had the high sugar diet. Thus concluding that excess sugar in the blood is dangerous because it can remove important nutrients that our bodies need and doesn't allow the kidneys to absorb or filter these nutrients such as chromium, calcium and magnesium.
How Diabetes and Sugar Affect the Excretory system:
Works Cited:
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/body/urinary-system.html
http://www.healthline.com/health/diabetes/effects-on-body
http://reliawire.com/sugar/
https://jonbarron.org/article/diseases-urinary-system
A study was done in 1986 by 4 scientists name Kozlovsky, Moser, Reiser and Anderson where they had two separate groups of men and women and made them eat a well balanced diet for twelve weeks and a high sugar diet for the following 6 weeks. Their chromium levels were taken before and after the first twelve weeks and before and after the last 6 weeks and noticed that their levels were lower when they had the high sugar diet. Thus concluding that excess sugar in the blood is dangerous because it can remove important nutrients that our bodies need and doesn't allow the kidneys to absorb or filter these nutrients such as chromium, calcium and magnesium.
How Diabetes and Sugar Affect the Excretory system:
- High blood sugar levels (type II diabetes) can cause and enhance growth of bacteria in the blood and lead to short term effects such as urinary tract infections or yeast infections and long term effects such as kidney and nerve damage which negatively affects how the kidneys filter our blood and can lead to an irregular bladder and problems with excreting waste.
- A person with type II diabetes excretes the excess glucose they have through their urine whereas someone who doesn't have diabetes has glucose filtered in the kidneys and returned to the blood.
- If you have type II diabetes you are more susceptible to kidney damage and an irregular excretory system because you have high levels of glucose in your blood, if you don't have diabetes you should be aware of how much sugar you eat in order to avoid any problems with your excretory system.
Works Cited:
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/body/urinary-system.html
http://www.healthline.com/health/diabetes/effects-on-body
http://reliawire.com/sugar/
https://jonbarron.org/article/diseases-urinary-system