Can sweeteners make up a decent, and most importantly healthy, alternative to the usual refined.
FRUCTOSE.
Yesterday fructose was considered the most healthy substitute for sugar, which provided it with unprecedented popularity. This monosaccharide does not require insulin for digestion, which means it is suitable for people with diabetes. Having the same calorie content with sugar, fructose is twice as sweet: that is, it is necessary to put in the tea not the usual two spoons, but only one.
However, it was recently discovered that fructose is the culprit of obesity.
How? Firstly, this simple carbohydrate, rushing straight to the cells, does not go through the stages of cleavage, and as a result is transformed into fat by our liver. And secondly, it negatively affects the satiety hormone - leptin. The brain simply does not receive a signal that it's enough to eat, even if you crushed a whole bunch of cookies with fructose. Today it is believed that fructose provokes not only extra pounds, but also type II diabetes.
The psychological habit of putting two tablespoons of sugar in tea and coffee usually does not disappear even when switching to fructose. But if you refuse it, a drink with sugar may seem prettier.
Conclusion: healthy people fructose in its purest form to anything. Its consumption can be justified only for type I diabetics, athletes during heavy loads and those who suffer from a lack of weight.
XYLIT AND SORBIT These natural sugar substitutes are not carbohydrates, but belong to the group of alcohols. They slowly penetrate into the cells of the body (in contrast to fructose) and do not provoke a rapid release of insulin. And not bad protect the teeth tissue. Along the calorie, alas, not inferior to sugar. You should strictly observe the daily rate of 30 grams, otherwise you can provoke a digestive disorder.
There is a nuance: xylitol and sorbitol possess choleretic action.
Conclusion: in general, a safe alternative to sugar, suitable for diabetics; Xylitol and sorbitol like culinary because they retain the taste of the product during heat treatment.
ARTIFICIAL SODIUM PLASTERS.
More than a hundred years have passed since the first synthetic substitute for refined sugar, and since then this family has grown significantly. Aspartame, cyclamate, acesulfame, saccharin, sucralose are the most popular of its representatives. Initially, sweet tablets and dragees were meant for diabetics, but champions of a healthy lifestyle quickly understood their main advantage - the lack of carbohydrates, and hence calories. The latter is deceptive.
Synthetic sugar substitutes fuels sweet appetite. And you like a magnet pulls to buns and sweets. And further. Experiments in laboratories have shown that the chemically created "sugar" is poorly excreted from the body, disrupts metabolic processes and does not protect against diabetes at all.
Conclusion: pharmacy sweeteners with zero calorie content can not be called a dietary product. In addition, they have strict contraindications.
Medicinal sweeteners MED.
The benefits of this product, extracted by industrious bees from flower nectar, are said so much that you do not want to repeat yourself. In brief, the situation is as follows: a spoonful of honey is better than a spoonful of refined sugar, but worse than a plate of porridge. Let us explain. Almost 80% of honey consists of sugar, then - water and only then trace elements - no more than 1.6%. The daily rate of this sweetness varies according to different data in the area of ??2-3 table spoons, but it can not provide the body with all the necessary substances. Uncontrolled consumption of honey, like chocolate, spoils the waist and tooth enamel.
The view that heating honey becomes toxic and unfit for consumption is not scientifically proven.
Conclusion: honey - a healthy alternative to white sugar, but to enjoy this complex in terms of chemical composition and caloric content should be moderate. Consumption of people with diabetes is allowed.
STEVIA.
This unique plant, also called honey grass, appeared in Europe less than a century ago. Since then, it has taken root in our region and has established itself as a serious alternative to sugar (produced in the form of powders, compressed tablets or syrups). It is added to pastries, yoghurts, marinades, jams. Stevia has more allies than enemies. In addition to amino acids and pectins, it contains stevioside, which is a hundred times sweeter than sugar. Stevia is non-nutritious and does not harm tooth enamel (products for oral hygiene often contain stevioside).
In addition, honey grass suppresses appetite and cravings for sweets, helps eliminate toxins.
Most experts agreed that stevia has a beneficial effect on insulin production and normalizes blood glucose levels. Studies in recent years have found nothing suspicious in this harmless plant.
The properties of the plant have been studied so far and, perhaps, some have not yet been identified.
Conclusion: many nutritionists believe that behind the stevia is the future. It has practically no contraindications and is tolerated in the diet of diabetics and overweight people.
Marieclaire. Ua.
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