In everyone's mind, what is the concept of sugar-free food? According to the survey, many people yearn for sugar-free food, one is in line with the concept of modern health, and the other is that it will not gain weight after eating, but in fact, everyone thinks too simple and beautiful, and today we will take everyone to understand the sugar-free food.
What is a true sugar-free food?
In fact, the real sugar-free food has a clear national standard, the standard refers to each hundred grams of solid or per 100 ml liquid contains sugars, can not be less than 0.5g, we do not misunderstand that the sugar is not only white sugar, but also sucrose, glucose, maltose, fructose, syrup and so on.
At the same time, it is also necessary to meet a condition, that is, these foods, even if the naturally occurring sugars are counted, such as fruits, bananas, watermelons, peaches, etc., once the sugar in these foods exceeds the health standard, it is not truly sugar-free.
Even the low-sugar standard, that is, no more than 5g of sugar per 100 grams of fixed or per 100 grams of liquid, is not quite healthy to look at! Wrong, don't think so, sugar-free foods aren't that healthy either. Although sugar is gone, there are many substances that will replace sugar, such as fat, carbohydrates, proteins, starch, dextrins, and so on.
Since the requirements for sugar-free foods are so high, can't you buy foods that contain sucrose in the ingredient list when buying food?
Attentive friends will also find that in sugar-free foods, there may be maltitol, will this ingredient raise blood sugar?
Maltitol also includes xylitol, sorbitol, and lactitol. Isomaltoneitol, etc., are all sugar alcohols, also known as polyols, which are lower in sweetness than sucrose and relatively low in calories, and are sweeteners for food additives.
The good news that diabetics can be told here is that eating some sugar alcohol in moderation will not have a greater impact on blood sugar values, and because the sugar alcohol itself is not sugar, it is not controlled by insulin after the body ingests and metabolism, and it is precisely because of this that it is applied in sugar-free foods.
Of course, sugar-free food is not a worry-free, even if no sugar is added, there are other components, such as fat, starch, carbohydrates, etc., are invisible calories, purely from these aspects, almost the same as sugar, even higher than sugar. Therefore, diabetics eating sugar-free food is not 100% safe, the most important thing is to control the daily calorie and sugar intake.
According to the standards of China's Nutrition Society, adult women only need to consume 1800 ~ 1900 kcal per day, men only need 1980 ~ 2340 kcal, within the prescribed range of sugar, mainly below 50 g, 25 g is the best, including snack snacks.