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Why Sugar is Taboo During Work!

When I was a very young doctor assigned to the intensive care unit many years ago, there was a large bowl filled with sweets right at the entrance of the doctor's office. This was supposed to motivate the staff and improve work performance. However, the opposite was true. The more sweets we indulged in, the more tired we became. Our concentration worsened, and we took much longer to do things that should have been pure routine.

The sugar misconception costs companies a lot of money.

When feeling tired and exhausted, the body craves the necessary dose of sugar. The blood sugar level has dropped, and we need to counteract it. Therefore, reaching for the candy bowl seems like a logical consequence and inevitably increases individual productivity. At least that's the information we grew up with. Unfortunately, this does not correspond to the truth, and is even dangerously misinformed. In reality, reaching for gummy bears regularly has an extremely negative impact on our biochemistry. It leads to an excessive release of insulin, ultimately promoting a further drop in blood sugar levels. And that - as you may suspect - leads to even more 'cravings for sweets' - a vicious cycle. It's unfortunate that this rollercoaster ride of blood sugar makes the body sluggish and slow. This becomes evident to us through an increasing feeling of lethargy, which often feels paralyzing in the mid-afternoon hours. What weakens the employee harms the company, quite logically.

When sugar takes control of employees, you have lost them.

Sugar is addictive. This is not a cliché, but a fact. And not just sugar - even the byproducts of certain baked goods, the so-called amylopectins, are able to penetrate the brain and cause morphine-like receptor interactions there. You may be familiar with this. If not, then try it out. Just place a box of well-sweetened oat cookies on the office table. Even if you know that 80% of the staff are currently 'on a diet', the cookies will mysteriously disappear after an hour - and no one will admit to eating them.

Enhance the short- and long-term productivity of your employees through a healthy eating culture.

From my own experience, I know how much money CEOs and team leaders invest to increase the productivity of their companies. There are measures of quality management, employee training, and various team events - all good things. All quite expensive. However, with such means, you will by no means avoid the 'dead points' caused by human biochemistry that affect almost everyone during the day. This does not mean that this endeavor is fundamentally doomed to fail. Just adjust a few screws, and you will achieve two essential effects: on the one hand, you can temporarily increase the team's productivity, and on the other hand, really do something for the long-term health of your employees, which pays off doubly and triply for all parties. In addition, colleagues will come less exhausted from work and perceive their job as less burdensome in this way. A win-win situation. For more information about our expert Falk Stirkat from the German Speaker Lexicon and the topic of sugar, click HERE