Tip of the day - avoid sugar substitutes

Someone losing weight, someone is afraid of diabetes... And now, in the name of beauty and health goes to the substitutes. Only if it is useful for us?

If you give up sugar, to reduce the risk of diabetes, you probably are choosing natural sweeteners: fructose, sorbitol, xylitol. Their energy value is 1.5-2 times lower than sugar. However, for weight loss these substitutes are not suitable, because have high calorie content. And sorbitol, and xylitol, in addition, if excessive consumption can cause diarrhoea and contribute to the development of cholecystitis.

It would seem, then you need to pay attention to artificial sweeteners. In Russia, the most popular (and allowed!) saccharin, cyclamate, aspartame and Sucralose.

Saccharin is sweeter than sugar on average 300 times. Banned in the USA, Canada and the European Union because it promotes the development of cancer and affects the aggravation of gallstone disease. It is absolutely contraindicated in pregnancy.

Acesulfame sweet as sugar 200 times. It is often added to ice cream, candy, soda. It is poorly soluble and contains methyl alcohol, which negatively affects the cardiovascular and nervous system, and can also be addictive. Banned in the USA.

Aspartame is sweeter than sugar is almost 150 times. Usually it is mixed with cyclamate and saccharin. It is present in more than 6000 food items. Many experts recognized harmful: may cause epilepsy, chronic fatigue, diabetes, mental retardation, brain tumor and other diseases of the brain. Is contraindicated in pregnant women and children. Overdose causes memory loss, diseases of the reproductive organs, seizures, weight gain and other symptoms.

Reklamat sweeter than sugar about 40 times. Absolutely contraindicated in pregnant women and children. Can provoke kidney failure. In the United States, France, great Britain banned since 1969.





And for dessert.

Experts from North Carolina (USA) have proven that sugar substitutes can have the opposite effect: the person who wants to lose weight and uses them runs the risk of overweight. And all because people who use sugar substitutes, trying to get from the rest of the food more calories. As a result, the body slows down the metabolism, which immediately affects the figure.

Source: www.gastronom.ru