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Because the sweetness of sugar always makes many people unable to refuse. However, consuming too much sugar over a long period of time can lead to potential health risks. And the choice of sugar to use also greatly affects this. So what kind of sugar is good for health?
1. Learn about sugar
Sugar is used to provide energy mainly for the body to function and the brain to think. In the daily diet, the glucide content accounts for 40 -55%, usually only referred to as the sugar in fruits, vegetables, cereals... However, in the weight loss diet, it is often recommended to limit the glucide content. , but not completely eliminate this ingredient from the diet. Because when there is a lack of sugar, many problems can arise that affect the heart and kidneys.
What is white diameter ? White sugar or refined sugar is refined and crystallized by sucrose. This type of sugar is currently used quite popularly and produced according to industrial lines with ingredients from 100% sugarcane, and at the same time, applying technology to remove yellow color with activated carbon to have an ivory white color, deep sweetness and ease of use. is completely dissolved.
Đường kính trắng hay đường tinh luyện là loại đường được tinh chế và kết tinh bởi đường saccharose
2. Types of sugar today
2.1. Chemical sugar
Chemical sugars have many types including: cyclamte, saccharin, aspartame, acesulfame-k... These sugars all have a sweet taste but do not provide energy when used. Therefore, chemical sugar is quite commonly used in foods that provide little nutrients or have low calorie content such as diet sugar or sugar for weight loss.
The main ingredient of chemical sugar contains aspartame compound - artificial sweetener. With the same specific weight, chemical sugar will have a sweetness that is 30 to 70 times darker than regular sugar, and there are even types of sugar that can give sweetness up to 200 to 600 times.
Cyclamate sugar is safe as long as it is not used too much, regular use can cause obesity, stroke, constipation or memory loss...
2.2. Diet sugar
Diet sugar is usually low in sweetness. No matter how many times you increase the amount of sugar used, it will not be possible to achieve the desired sweetness. The main ingredients of dietary sugar include erythritol- extracted from fruit.
Dietary sugar is often very suitable for diabetics, because this type of sugar does not increase the glycemic index during use.
2.3. Red line
Red sugar is made from sugarcane and the composition of red sugar contains about 0.9 grams of calcium per kilogram of red sugar. The trace mineral components in red sugar have the effect of promoting the formation of blood cells. Moreover, red sugar also contains many vitamins such as vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamin C ... all work to help prevent the formation of tumors as well as the aging process of the body.
If you often feel tired and lack of vitality, you can use red sugar water to improve this condition.
2.4. Yellow sugar
Yellow sugar or raw sugar is often used in the processing process. Yellow sugar has a sharp sweetness with a strong cane flavor and belongs to the type of sugar that is not completely refined. The nutritional composition of yellow sugar with mineral content such as calcium, potassium, iron, magnesium... is quite small, so this type of sugar does not bring many benefits to the health of the user.
2.5. Refined sugar
Refined or white sugar is produced by the use of bleached sodium hyposulfite from yellow sugar. These chemicals used to process white sugar can affect the health of users.2.6. honey
Honey is also considered as refined sugar, because its composition has up to 96% including fructose, glucose, sucrose.... Therefore, regular use of honey can cause weight gain at the same time. blood sugar risks.
Moreover, industrial honey often loses nutrients or active enzymes during the production process, causing the nutritional quality of the product to be reduced.
Mật ong cũng được xem là một loại đường tinh luyện
3. Some recommendations to help choose the road
All sugar products are sweet. These sugars are only true with sucrose and carded sugar, but with sugars such as fructose, maltose, lactose... they usually have a simple glucid structure found in nature and also have a sweet taste. However, in cases where sugar is composed of complex glucid, the opposite is true.
So, which sugar can be harmful to the health of the user, it must be mentioned that added sugar added by the food processing industry to processed foods such as soda water, breakfast cereal flour, desserts.... these food products often have a sweet syrupy taste, which is mainly extracted from wheat or corn. Because raw materials are cheap and cheap, they can bring high profits.
Based on the information analyzing the value of each type of sugar above, you can choose and use sugar to suit your health status.
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