Labels list ingredients by weight, and any product that has more sugar than other ingredients has too much sugar. Complicating matters is the fact that, thanks to food science, there are now some forty types of sugar used in processed food, including barley malt, beet sugar, brown rice syrup, cane juice, corn sweetener, dextrin, dextrose, fructo-oligosaccharides, fruit juice concentrate, glucose, sucrose, invert sugar, polydextrose, sucrose, turbinado sugar, and so on. As for noncaloric sweeteners such as aspartame or splenda, research (in both humans and animals) suggests that switching to artificial sweeteners does not lead to weight loss, for reasons the brain with the reward of sweetness stimulates a craving for even more sweetness.
My thoughts - I have been cutting out sugar as much as possible. I have never liked splenda or aspartame - never liked diet soda either. I haven't had a soda in a few months. The only time I ever want one now is if I don't feel well, sometimes I will want a Ginger ale or a Sprite. I used to drink it all day long back in the day. I'm so glad I no longer have that addiction!
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