"All -wheat", "Zero Sugar", "Essence", how many of the three gimmicks of food promotion?

According to the Spanish "Abel" website reported on June 18, consumers' keen enthusiasm for healthy diet brought various industrial foods to supermarket shelves, but some so -called healthy super -processing foods actually just looked healthier. The three major gimmicks of "whole wheat", "zero sugar" and "vegan" are often heard, and may not be as healthy as the propaganda said.

First of all, "whole wheat" is not universal.

It is reported that nutritionists do suggest that we choose whole wheat instead of refined carbohydrates, but they refer to the staple food in the dinner: meals, rice and pasta. Breakfast grains of pastry and sugar -containing are not in the recommended range, even if they are made of whole wheat flour.

Nutritionist Bi Ateryis Raveleles said: "A fruit, no matter how high its calories are, is a relatively good choice; a corner bread, even if it contains a certain amount of whole wheat powder, is only suitable for occasional consumption. "

Over the years, we have been watching nutrients in isolation, and merchants have used this.

Experts point out that when the merchant emphasizes that its products contain certain nutrients (such as high fiber, high protein) or do not contain some kind of nutrients (such as palm oil -free, no add sugar), their purpose is to attract our attention to a one Click on, so that we cannot evaluate a food as a whole.

Doctor of Food Science and Technology, Magel Lulu Euinea, said it was a mistake to try to find health in corner bread. We eat horned bread to enjoy food, not to be good for our health. When it comes to staple foods and rice, we should give priority to whole wheat or brown rice, and it is not necessary to involve biscuits or croaks bread.

The so -called "zero sugar" says that there are other greasy.

It is reported that the World Health Organization suggested that we eat free sugar with less than 25 grams per day to reduce the risk of overweight, diabetes and cavities. Free sugar refers to the monopolist (such as glucose and fructose) and bicosecape (such as sucrose) added to food and beverages, but also refers to the natural sugar in honey, syrup, fruit juice and concentrated fruit juice. There is no sucrose in the composition table of a product, which does not mean that it does not contain other types of free sugar.

In order to identify whether the product contains free sugar on the label, Raveles provides us with some skills: "Although the composition list is long, in general, it involves ingredients ending with 'sugar' (such as glucose, maltose, sucrose) , Corn syrup, luminous syrup and other syrup, fruit juice or concentrated fruit juice, fruit puree or jujube mud, you need to be vigilant. In addition, there are artificial sweeteners behind the gimmick of 'zero sugar'. Studies have shown that long -term consumption sweeteners will affect the microbial group and satiety in the body, but it is more likely to induce obesity and diabetes. "

"Essence" actually has the component of the concept of playing with.

We often hear that eating more vegetables and less animal food is good for health. But fresh vegetables or vegetable products (such as cooked beans, eagle -mouth beans, avocado sauce) are the same thing. Some "plant meat" and other products provided on supermarket shelves or fast food chains (such as vegetarian burgers and sausages , Pizza, plant milk and even vegan ice cream) are another thing. These so -called vegetarian super -processing foods are not necessarily better and healthier than similar foods that are animals.

For example, Coke is also a vegetarian, because a large amount of sucrose contained in it is plant. Vegetarian burgers are still a super -processing food. Ravelece concluded: "These examples show that vegetarianness does not mean health."

So, how can we distinguish over processing food under the promotional offensive of merchants?

Nutritionists say that they should first look at the ingredients table and then look at the nutritional component table.

It is reported that the shorter the ingredients of the product, the better, and the best ingredients are the food we are familiar with. The nutritional table shows the content of fat, protein, carbohydrates, and salt in the product.

Commercial publicity is one of the channels for obtaining this information, but not necessarily the most reference value. For example, although the bread of "all -wheat flour production" is visible everywhere, the sucrose content is still very high; and the bread known as "zero sucrose add" uses a lot of sweeteners as alternatives.

How do we find processed foods that are more beneficial to the body in the supermarket?

It is reported that processing food contains natural foods, but at the same time, it does not avoid condiments that can extend the shelf life or improve the taste. The lower the salt, sugar and fat content, the healthier foods. The representative of healthy processing food is canned vegetables and canned fish with lower salt content. (Reference News)

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