Experts point out: do not drink sugar-free drinks may not be obese

Experts have pointed out that as far as possible with other selected cyclamate, Acesulfame synthetic sweeteners such as drink

Heard the words "Coke", "Sprite", chasing health, slim MM said they will definitely be NO, sweet drinks in most people's eyes gradually being abandoned, so the drink does not contain sucrose are listed, and in the summer of especially busy selling drinks market.

Consumer education is being sugar-free tea can "thin" concept, however, nutrition experts advise consumers, as it does not really drink a lot of ads, as claimed, the effect of weight loss with thin, and not everyone is suited to these special drinks to drink.

Sugar-free drink playing the "thin" brand

Several journalists in the supermarket that the share of sugar-free or low-sugar drink more and more, such as jasmine tea and green tea are sugar-free, sugar-based; some drinks, the name is so-called "slim ladies drink tempted" to emphasize its "slimming diet" functional.

It is understood that this slim thin weight loss drinks, mainly from the implicit function of the "L-carnitine," Armed Police General Hospital nutrition expert Professor Lv Li pointed out that from the theory, L-carnitine on the consumption of fat did help to promote its chain fatty acids into the intestinal cells of the mitochondrial oxidation. However, drink alone, or a compound component to weight loss is impossible.

"Sugar-free" food is not a sugar-free

Professor Lv Li pointed out that many sugar-free food on the existence of the misconception that sugar-free sugar-free food is pure. In fact, the so-called sugar-free sugar-free means. But there is no sugar cane does not mean that it does not, such as some sugar-free food does not contain sugar, but it is caused by food, food is a multi-carbohydrate foods, biodegradable in the body into sugar and glucose, so that , sugar-free food is not sugary.

Sweeteners are good and bad

Even those non-sugar drinks are sweet, this is because the added sweetener products, that is, with fructose, sodium cyclamate, Acesulfame-K, such as to replace.

Experts point out that because the sweetener is very low or the heat generated does not produce heat and high sweetness, so use it to replace sugar, let those who love to eat sweets MM afraid to gain weight not only full of delicious food but not have to worry about the long fat.
However, the sweeteners are good and bad, the general sub-nutritive sweeteners and non-nutritive sweeteners. Nutrition-based sweeteners and sweetness equivalent to sucrose, and its calorific value calorific value equivalent to 2 percent sugar or more, including glucose, fructose, maltose and sugar alcohols such as xylitol, lactose alcohol. Non-nutritive sweeteners are synthetic sweeteners, generally do not produce heat and much higher than the sweetness of sucrose, hence referred to as "micro-heat high-sweetness sweeteners", such as sodium cyclamate, Acesulfame-K and so on.

Therefore, fortification should be chosen sweetener type of food, add a few selected synthetic sweetener Non-nutritive food.

Sugar-free food ideas election experts caution

Not all of the sugar-free drinks can be rest assured that drink. Currently on the market sugar-free food, the concept and confusion than marked, so at the time of purchase must be cautious, experts draw attention to the following 4 points:

List of ingredients label to see whether: sugar-free drinks to choose not only depends on whether it marked a "sugar-free" message, but also pay attention to see the list of ingredients, what is the use of sweeteners.

Consider whether the sugar content of food itself: Some food additives are not sugary, but the food itself may be sub-sugary. This is especially important for diabetics, diabetes, sugar-free food if they think that "sugar-free" will be assured of plenty, the consequences can be imagined.
Calculate how much they can afford sweeteners: UN Food and Agriculture Organization and World Health Organization belonging to the provisions of the Expert Committee on Food Additives food additive Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI value). For example, the ADI value of sodium 5mg/kg, that allow the daily sodium intake to 5 mg per kilogram of body weight, that is, a person weighing 50 kilograms Acceptable Daily Intake of 250 mg. In addition, the sodium cyclamate ADI value of 11mg/kg, Acesulfame ADI value of 15mg/kg, sweet pigment ADI value of 40mg/kg, benzoic acid (sodium) of the ADI value of 5mg/kg, sorbic acid (K) of the ADI value of 25mg/kg.

With infants and young children not to eat the food sweeteners chemical synthesis: chemical synthesis is not a food sweetener, not easy to break down after eating, easy on the liver damage. Children have yet to develop a mature immune system, liver detoxification capacity is weak, there should not be eaten with a variety of synthetic food sweeteners.