Are your favorite sugar-free foods really sugar-free?

Sugar-free compressed biscuits, sugar-free low-fat oatmeal, sugar-free and low-calorie vitamin drink powder, 0 sugar, 0 fat and 0 calorie sparkling water, sugar-free snacks for diabetics.

To answer this question, you need to first understand what sugar-free foods are

"First of all, we have to figure out the definition of 'sugar' in sugar-free food

"If it is sugar in a broad sense, strictly speaking, it is food that has nothing to do with carbohydrates and is called sugar-free food

In fact, for the definition of sugar-free food, there is no clear regulation in China

It can be seen that, to a certain extent, "sugar-free" is not "0 sugar", and sugar-free foods are not completely sugar-free

It is worth noting that in recent years, with the upgrading of consumption and the popularization of the concept of health, like sugar-free food, sugar substitute derivatives have also won the favor of many consumers

"Sugar-free food solves a taste problem, but it still has energy

He Li reminded that although sugar substitutes such as xylitol, maltitol, steviol glycosides and mogrosides only provide sweetness and do not provide or provide food additives with very few calories, sugar-free foods, especially some starch products such as bread and cakes is not low in carbohydrates, fat content and total energy

Xue Changyong said: "Sugar substitution will not cause blood sugar to rise, it has sweet taste and no calories

"Even if it's sugar-free food, you can't eat too much

Mu Yiming, director of the Endocrinology Department of the First Medical Center of the PLA General Hospital, publicly stated a few days ago: “Many studies have found that if you drink sugar-free drinks for a long time, if it is a drink with sugar substitutes such as sucralose, aspartame, and xylitol added , it is not fundamentally different from sugar-sweetened beverages in causing diabetes

In this way, is sugar-free food worthless?

He Li said: "Sugar-free food can help us consume less energy

For healthy sugar reduction, Xue Changyong suggested that when choosing food, you can refer to the glycemic index and glycemic load for food intake