Many sugar-free drinks will have a lot of calories written on them, but we still feel sweet when we drink them. So if sugar-sweetened drinks are consumed in the end, we will not gain weight. Today, Xiao Bian took everyone to learn more about sugar-free drinks.
What does sugar-free mean?
The sugar we usually refer to is white sugar, sucrose, glucose, sugar, etc. Sugar-free or sugar-free, but added sugar substitutes. Sugar substitutes ordinary sugar, making foods that have been tasteless It's better to eat.
Isn't there a sugar word for sugar substitutes? It still says 'no sugar'!
You also don't say that sugar substitute is not the normal sugar we often say. It is used as a food additive. Sweeteners are added to foods. They are marked in the ingredient list. Therefore, it is true that the business is so standard.
Why is a sugar-free drink sweet?
Many people will ask, sugar-free drinks do not contain sugar, why is it sweet? The secret lies in its use of sweeteners.
Sweeteners are a class of substances that provide sweetness, but do not include sugars and other carbohydrates or polyhydric alcohols. Common sweeteners include natural stevia, synthetic saccharine, acesulfame, and aspartame. , Sodium cyclamate, etc. For example, the recently popular zero-degree cola, its sweetness mainly comes from aspartame or sucralose. Among them, aspartame and cyclamate contain almost no calories, so the heat in the whole drink Can be ignored.
A major feature of sweeteners is that they don't provide any energy, they only provide sweet tastes. Compared to traditional high-calorie sweet drinks, they are naturally oversupplied with nutrients, especially those who consume too much calories.
Will a sugar-free drink become fat?
Most sugar-free drinks contain no sugar, but contain caffeine, which is also an ingredient that makes people addicted. The combination of chemical sugars and caffeine can cause a vicious circle - if you do not make up for it when you consume a lot of sugar Your body will fall from the climax to the bottom of the trough. Once you fall into a trough, the body will need more sugar to get you back to normal.
Another ingredient that triggers this type of adverse reaction is aspartame. Aspartame raises insulin in the body, which also causes fat accumulation. Therefore, the body needs more sugar to cause excessive consumption of sugar-free drinks, and these Drinks that you drink will not translate into energy needed by your body. Not only do your body need more sugar preservatives, but artificial sweeteners and artificial sweeteners such as aspartame are not easily metabolized by the body and only accumulate in the body. And into fat.
