The hot summer is coming, so grab a glass of ice Coke, not to mention how cool it is.
Especially people who like to drink sweet drinks and are afraid of gaining weight. Because the sweetness of cola is not only very high, the proportion of total carbohydrates is very low, accounting for only 4% of the total carbs we need throughout the day.
That is to say, the sugar content of a bottle of cola is only as much as 1/4 bowl of rice.
Not only that, the glycemic index of cola is also very low, only 40.3, far lower than noodles (81.6), steamed buns (88.1), rice (83.2), and even lower than most of the foods we usually consume.
So what is the glycemic index? Simply put, it is the fluctuation of blood sugar when we consume a certain food.
The higher the glycemic index, the greater the fluctuation of blood sugar, and the greater the harm for diabetes.
However, although cola has low sugar content and low glycemic index, don't be greedy! Especially diabetics, but also people with fatty liver and gout.
Why is that?
First of all, let's take a look at the ingredient list of cola
As can be seen from the ingredient list, cola is sweet because fructose syrup and white sugar are added to it, and the so-called fructose syrup actually refers to fructose and glucose.
Check the table, fructose has a very low glycemic index, only 23, while glucose has a glycemic index of 100 and white sugar has a glycemic index of 83.
Therefore, it is not difficult to conclude why cola is so sweet, but the glycemic index is only 40, because a lot of fructose is added to it.
Although fructose raises blood sugar slowly, it is very harmful to the body.
Mainly because fructose is metabolized in the liver and is metabolized very slowly.
Long-term consumption of foods rich in fructose will cause a large amount of fructose to be converted into fat, and the fat produced by fructose metabolism can be stored in the liver, resulting in non-alcoholic fatty liver.
If people with fatty liver disease themselves, they cannot drink cola, of course, the amount of fruit must also be controlled, because fructose is mainly found in fruits.
In addition, long-term eating of foods rich in fructose can also lead to the accumulation of a large amount of uric acid, which will induce hyperuricemia, and finally may lead to gout, if there is a person with gout itself, this will undoubtedly aggravate the attack of gout.
Therefore, even if the overall sugar content of cola is relatively low and the glycemic index is not high, it cannot be drunk often.
Of course, it's not just for Coke, most drinks are the same.
At present, for many people, the common consciousness may be that only diabetics should strictly control sweets, and ordinary people do not have to care so much.
However, according to the latest statistics, it is not difficult to see that the mainland has the largest number of diabetes cases in the world, and according to the current incidence rate, the number of new diabetes cases will be 12.7 million every year.
That is to say, a large part of adults, as well as obese children, may be a few bottles of Coke, or a few cups of milk tea, a few cups of sweet drinks, and a few cups of sweet drinks away from diabetes.
And as we said above, many foods tend to add a lot of fructose to food in order to increase sweetness, because fructose is the sweetest compared to other sugars.
The harm of fructose is not only for diabetics, but also for people with fatty liver and gout.
Therefore, for the sake of health, let's quit sweets!