Sugar brings happiness, but excessive intake can lead to obesity and even diseases (such as diabetes). High-sweetness, low-calorie sweeteners can reduce the addition of sucrose while maintaining the sweetness of the food, so many brands of beverages are prominently marked with the words “0 sugar, 0 fat”, “0 sucrose”, “sugar-free “sugar-free” and other words.
So, is “0 sugar” really sugar-free? Can you lose weight by drinking “0 sugar” drinks? Can eating “0 sugar” food prevent diabetes?
According to the official microblogging of Beijing CDC, the CDC debunked this rumor and said that not sweet ≠ “0 sugar” and “0 sugar” ≠ healthy. If the sugar in the food meets the national standard, it can be called “0 sugar” or “sugar-free” food. In addition, drinking “0 sugar” drinks to lose weight is purely cheating the brain. The consumption of “0 sugar” food has nothing to do with the prevention of diabetes.
The Beijing CDC reminds that absolute “sugar-free foods” do not exist. If your blood sugar is stable, you can eat less of these “sugar-free foods” under the premise of controlling your total daily staple food intake. It is important to recognize the ingredient labels and not to be superstitious about “sugar-free foods”. The secret to maintaining a healthy life is to have a balanced diet and to eat and move in a balanced manner.
According to information, in 1998, FAO/WHO according to its degree of polymerization of food carbohydrates into three categories, including sugar (glucose, sugar, xylitol), oligosaccharides (also called oligosaccharides, such as maltodextrin and oligofructose) and polysaccharides; and the field of nutrition science said “sugar”, refers to the first type of sugar in the monosaccharide, disaccharides and sugar alcohols, that is, sugar is a kind of carbohydrates.
Refute a: “0 sugar” is really no sugar?
If the sugar in the food meets the national standard, it can be called “0 sugar” “sugar-free” food.
According to the national food safety standard GB 28050-2011 “Prepackaged Food Nutrition Labeling General Rules”, if the carbohydrates in each hundred milliliters of beverage is not higher than 0.5 grams, it can be stated in the product label “0 carbohydrates” or “0 sugar “0 sugar”.
Refutation of rumor two: drinking “0 sugar” drinks can lose weight?
Drinking “0 sugar” drinks to lose weight is purely cheating the brain.
The sugar in sugar-free drinks refers to simple and disaccharides, but many sugar-free drinks are not only sweet, but also sweeter than many sugary drinks because of the addition of non-sugar sweeteners (sugar substitutes).
The sweeteners are usually very sweet, usually 200 to 500 times sweeter than sucrose, some up to 2,000 times sweeter, and the dosage is very small to achieve the same sweetness as sugar.
But sugar-free drinks give people the feeling of low-calorie, but excessive consumption still has the risk of obesity.
Refutation of rumor three: eat “0 sugar” food can prevent diabetes?
It is not eating sugar or drinking sugar water that causes diabetes.
Diabetes is not caused by eating sugar or drinking sugar water, but the long-term intake is greater than consumption will increase the risk of diabetes. Therefore, consuming “0 sugar” food is not related to the prevention of diabetes.
