Health concept hype Look at unhealthy "healthy foods"

As people's health awareness increases, more and more people are buying so-called "healthy foods" such as sugar-free foods, coarse biscuits, zero-fat lactic acid drinks and non-fried foods. Are these foods really as healthy as the manufacturers advertise?question: Is "not adding sucrose" a sugar-free food?"No added sucrose" does not mean "sugar-free", the purchase need to check the ingredients table Consumers who buy such products believe that "no sucrose" food is "sugar-free food", more suitable for diabetics and obese people to eat.Said Chang Cuiqing, director of the Nutritional Bio-Chemical Research Office at Peking University's Third Hospital, sugar-free foods are foods that are no longer added to the production process, including sucrose, glucose, fructose, maltose and honey. Even if the manufacturer does not add sucrose, but can also add other "sugar", so "do not add sucrose" does not mean "sugar-free food."Fan Zhihong, an associate professor at the School of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering at China Agricultural University, told reporters that many foods that "don't add sucrose" are made of fructose and glucose, fructose syrup, starch syrup, malt syrup, maltose, etc., which make people fat and sucrose equivalent, and may be more efficient in raising blood sugar, such as maltose. There are also "no sucrose" foods that may add highly effective synthetic sweeteners such as ansemi, saccharin, aspartol, and lycool, which are hundreds of times sweeter than sucrose and do not raise blood sugar or become calories. However, in order not to affect the weight of food, manufacturers often add extra starch, dedexion, etc. , they will also quickly raise blood sugar.addition, the safety of synthetic sweeteners has been questioned. Fan Zhihong said that some foreign websites mentioned that some consumers are sensitive to aspartas sweet, can cause more than
80,
kinds of adverse reactions, but these claims have not been recognized by the authorities. Highly regarded glycol, maltose alcohol and other sugar alcohol sweeteners may cause diarrhea if ingested too much. For these reasons, Fan Zhihong does not recommend that diabetics eat more "no sucrose" food. Evergreen added that consumers should not expect the "sugar-free" effect of fructose syrup, maltose, starch syrup, corn syrup, paste and so on.is there a real sugar-free food on the market? Fan Zhihong said that according to China's "Prepackaged Food Nutrition Labeling General Rules"
(
hereinafter referred to as the General Rules
)
, as long as the carbohydrate
(
sugar
)
content ≤
0.5g/100g
or ≤
0.5g/100ml
can be called sugar-free or sugar-free. Because starch can be converted into glucose in the body, even true "sugar-free foods" can raise blood sugar if they contain starch, such as unsavoury white bread. In addition, the body needs glucose to supply energy, so it is not realistic to eat starchy foods at all. For people with diabetes, it's better to control the total amount of carbohydrate than to explore whether food is sugar-free, and to focus on how quickly blood sugar rises after a meal.Evergreen pointed out that diabetics are best to choose low blood sugar reaction of staple food ingredients, such as oatmeal, red bean rice, buckwheat noodles, eat less refined, white, fine, soft, sticky staples, avoid sweets and sweet drinks to reduce blood sugar fluctuations;Question 2: Are coarse biscuits rich in dietary fiber?Response: Few products label fiber content, this kind of food fat content is usually high Reporters found that coarse grain biscuits are also the first choice of many consumers, most people think it is rich in dietary fiber, good for health. On the shelf all kinds of coarse grain biscuits also put "coarse grain", fiber and other words as a selling point.the General Rules, food labeled "dietary fiber source or contains dietary fiber" should contain ≥
3g/100g
or ≥
1.5g/100ml
. But the reporter found that almost no coarse grain biscuits marked this, consumers can not determine how much dietary fiber in the food. Evergreen says some so-called "coarse-grain cookies" are simply added to fine white rice noodles with a little wheat bran and little dietary fiber., pointed out that coarse grains, beans contain the main insoluble dietary fiber, the taste is relatively rough. Enterprises in order to improve the taste of coarse grain biscuits, the need to add grease to play a "lubrication" role. The fiber softens after suction, and the cookies taste crisp. Because saturated fat softens fiber for better use, manufacturers often use hydrogenated vegetable oil
(
also known as ghee , as well as animal oils such as butter, lard, butter and other animal oils to process coarse grain biscuits.reporter read a list of nutrients on a coarse grain cookie package and found that every
100
grams of biscuits contains fat
20.3
grams, with a nutritional reference value of
(NRV) of 34%
. "
NRV%
" indicates that a nutrient in the food accounts for the percentage of the recommended daily intake of dietary nutrients in Chinese residents. This means that
of
100 grams of the cookie is more than
1/3 of the recommended fat intake throughout
. Regular eating can lead to obesity, which is not conducive to the health of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular vessels.is there less oil, more fiber, good taste of coarse grain biscuits in the market? Fan Zhihong said that here, taste and health is like fish and bear palms, can not have both. Evergreen also pointed out that to achieve this wish, but also the progress of food production and processing processes.Evergreen suggests that to get the health benefits of coarse grains, it is best to make grain porridge, grain rice or grain soy milk at home. Professor Li Regui, of the School of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering at The Agricultural University of China, added that coarse grains such as oatmeal and noodles are wise choices, they are simple to process, have little nutritional loss and are almost fat-free.Question 3: Low calories for zero-fat lactic acid drinks?response: Generally high in sugar and high in calories, drink two bottles of top to eat a meal supermarket fresh cabinet, densely placed lactic acid drinks. A supermarket staff told reporters that these so-called "zero fat", "containing
30 billion lactic acid bacteria" drinks sold very well, many customers feel that
"zero fat" can drink a little more. However, Fan Zhihong pointed out that zero-fat lactic acid drinks have a high sugar problem. reporter saw that a bottle of zero-fat lactic acid drink nutritional content table,
100
ml carbohydrate content
15.2
grams. Evergreen told reporters that the carbohydrate in the drink is actually sugar, so that the bottle of
350
ml of drink, sugar content of up to
53.2
grams, drink two bottles of
450
ml of the drink, the intake of calories is almost equivalent to a woman to eat a meal of calories. so much sugar in a zero-fat lactic acid drink? Dr. Hu Changli, a key laboratory for functional dairy products at The Agricultural University of China, told reporters that lactic acid bacteria drinks can be as sour as vinegar if they are not sugared, which is difficult for consumers to accept. High-sugar, zero-fat lactic acid drinks are not suitable for people with diabetes and those who need to control their weight. People who are taking antibiotics are also better off not drinking, which can affect the effectiveness of the drug. Question 4: Are non-fried foods less oily? Response: Non-fried instant noodles have low oil content, but non-fried potato chips contain a lot of oil in recent years, the market has appeared non-fried instant noodles and chips, very popular. Reporters read a red roast beef fried instant noodles food label found that a packet of
129
grams of instant noodles, noodles containing
20
grams of fat, seasoning pack contains
11.7
grams of fat, that is, even soup noodles will eat
31.7
grams of fat. Chen Xiafei, director of the nutrition department of Shanghai East China Hospital, pointed out that the dietary guidelines for Chinese residents recommend that cooking oil per person per day should be controlled at
25 to 30
grams, eating a packet of fried instant noodles a day with excess oil. reporter then read a red roast beef flavor non-fried instant noodles food label found that the packaging indicates that every
100
grams of products containing fat
8.6
grams, this package Pasta
75
grams, ingredients
23
grams of instant noodles, oil content of about
8.6
grams, far less than the same taste of fried instant noodles. reporter then read a
104
grams of raw fried potato chips food label found that the packaging indicates that every
30
grams of fat
9.9
grams, calculated that the total amount of oil is
35.64
grams, more oil than fried instant noodles. And a net content of
104
grams of non-fried potato chips, nutrition table is written per
52
grams of fat content
13.4
grams, calculated that the total amount of oil is
26.8
grams, and fried potato chips are not much different, the oil content is very high. Fan Zhihong pointed out that, on the whole, non-fried food contains relatively little oil, but still maintain a high-calorie characteristics, consumers can not because of the "non-fried" concept to eat more. , experts unanimously stressed that the common people to develop the habit of reading food ingredients list and nutritional ingredients table, can not let manufacturers fry the concept. When reading the nutritional content table, be sure to see whether the units are
100
grams per
, 30
grams per serving. Many manufacturers deliberately reduce the unit, to create a "look relatively small" effect, is a blind eye method.