Are sugar-free drinks sometimes more harmful than sugar-free drinks? That's what the experts say

Original: Sugar-free beverages are sometimes more harmful than sugary drinks? That's what the experts say

Last week it was still shouting hot and hot

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A topic about sugar-free drinks has attracted attention

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Studies have shown that

Sugar can be induced by taste to create a pleasant feeling

But too much sugar

It makes people love and hate

That's when sugar-free drinks came out

It's a savior for sugar lovers

But

Can these sugar-free drinks really be drunk open?

Mu Yiming, director of the Department of Endocrinology of the First Medical Center of the PLA General Hospital, said: "Sugar substitute foods, especially many sugar-free beverages, the so-called zero-sugar, zero-fat, zero-calorie drinks, in fact, are not good for the

What makes consumers who are keen to "reduce sugar" feel suspicious

Sugar-free drinks, why can they be so sweet?

Different beverages use different sugar substitutes, such as cola zero mainly uses aspartame, and some brands of sparkling water formulas, the main sweeteners are sucralose, erythritol and so on

Erythritol is a sugar substitute

What makes the taste sweeter is sucralose - this high-power sweetener is 600 times sweeter than sucrose, the cost is also very low, as long as the amount of trace, you can make the sweetness meet the requirements

The former State Food and Drug Administration specifically mentioned in the food safety risk analysis released in 2016 that sweeteners are substances that give food sweetness, which belong to a category of food additives, and are divided into natural sweeteners and synthetic sweeteners

According to the provisions of China's current "Standards for the Use of Food Additives" (GB2760-2014), New Sweet, Ammonium Glycyrrhizinate, Monokalglyctic Glycyrrhizinate and Tripotassium, D-Mannitol, Cyclamate, Maltitol and Maltitol Liquid, Lactitol, Sucralose, Aspartame, etc.

The Joint Food Additive Expert Committee (JECFA) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization (FAO) has proposed a daily allowable Intake (ADI)

Theoretically, as long as the sweetener is used correctly in accordance with the relevant regulatory standards, it will not cause harm

Whether it's sugar substitutes, less sugar, or no sugar

anyway

Don't be greedy for a cup

Health first! You tell me

Source: Changsha TV Political and Legal Channel

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