A glass of soda provides the equivalent of about six sugar cubes. When one is thirsty, it is a false friend!
- A decrease in the consumption of sugary drinks a decrease in the number of cases of overweight, obesity, diabetes and dental caries.
- Sodas contain simple carbohydrates, which provide energy, but only for a short time.
With the heat wave arises the problem of drinks to hydrate. Drinking is sometimes a problem for those who do not like cold water and prefer a sweet drink, for example, one of those sodas whose advertising floods the world. A false good idea…
Sugar is the “fuel” of our muscles. Without it, man would be motionless! But it is stored very poorly and in very small quantities: after a few minutes of effort, there is no more available. The hunter of prehistory should have found himself helpless, when the hunt for his game lasted for hours. Certainly, nature had given it the spontaneous taste of sweetness, you have noticed that in case of cravings, we rarely want to eat broccoli. Sugars that also cause an immediate reaction of pleasure, which is probably the reason why they are often abused. But above all, the body knows how to put sugar in reserve, in the form of… fat!
How to limit their consumption?
If you like to end your meals on a sweet note, prefer to take a fruit. Consume your dairy products without adding sugar and rather decorate them with diced fruit, compote without added sugar. Finally, there are synthetic sweeteners: so-called “light” products are indeed a solution that allows you to consume less sugar, without adding calories. Under the barbaric name of sweetener are the famous sweets, light drinks and some nonsense like diet chocolate! False sugars – aspartame is the best known – have a sweetening power 300 to 400 times greater than that of sugar, which explains why for an equivalent effect, their calorie intake is negligible. The performance is impressive for so-called “light” drinks: a liter of cola, whatever its brand, provides 100 grams of sugar. Its light version, nothing at all. It is therefore, in fact, that the main effort should be made, and perhaps less on the deprivation of the traditionally sweetened morning coffee.
Safe ?
It is also an area for which the most contradictory studies are almost daily. The weight of the lobbies does not help with clarity, but health authorities today believe that these products are not dangerous. However, modern medicine, which prefers restriction rather than imitation, by advising against their use, clearly and hypocritically kicks things off. It is true that sweeteners do not allow you to “wean yourself off” from the sweet taste and can thus contribute to maintaining, in your body, the predilection for the sweet taste and therefore make relapse likely at any time.
We can choose, in this area, a pragmatic attitude: do not use them when we cannot do without sugar, for example with coffee; when it is difficult, for example with drinks, you can consume, without too many ulterior motives, products containing sweeteners. With moderation !
