Is it really healthier to drink diet drinks?

Originally Answered: Are sugar-free drinks really healthier?

"Help me get a bottle of drink, it's sugar-free

Sugar-free drinks occupy the C position of the display cabinet

Many brands rely on it to drive performance

A reporter from Beiqing Daily visited the market and found that all kinds of sugar-free drinks have become the new favorites this summer

Not only are there many products, but many brands are also relying on sugar-free beverages to drive performance

On July 28, The Coca-Cola Company announced its second-quarter financial report, with revenue of $11.

Yuanqi Forest, which led the sugar-free sparkling water market by itself, also disclosed some performance data in April this year.

According to the data of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the market size of domestic sugar-free beverages will further maintain the growth momentum

Consumers choose sugar-free beverages

is that it is healthier

Behind the pursuit of "sugar-free" is the demand of many consumers who want to be healthy but are unwilling to give up the taste

A reporter from Beiqing Daily found that many brands of sugar-free beverages tend to be more expensive than similar sugar-sweetened beverages of the same brand

According to the "2021 China Sugar-Free Beverage Market Trend Insight Report" released by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, among the reasons why consumers choose sugar-free beverages, the most important reason is that sugar-free beverages are healthier, accounting for more than 78%

Many consumers believe that sugar-free drinks with "zero sugar" and "zero calories" can not only enjoy the fun of sweets, but also don't have to worry about gaining weight, which is much healthier than ordinary sugar-sweetened drinks

Sugar-free drinks don't help you lose weight

Whether sweeteners are healthy or not is debated in the industry

According to the national food safety standard GB28050-2011 "General Rules for Nutrition Labeling of Prepackaged Foods", it is clearly stipulated that if the carbohydrates per 100ml of beverages are not higher than 0.

However, the scientific community is also debating whether "sugar-free" beverages are healthy or not

Mu Yiming, director of the Endocrinology Department of the First Medical Center of the PLA General Hospital, said that sugar substitutes, especially many sugar-free beverages, are actually not good for the human body

Studies have shown that the sweetness of sweeteners can make people feel like eating sugary foods, which in turn stimulates the body to produce insulin, resulting in a drop in blood sugar, a feeling of hunger, and an increase in appetite

In addition, the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention also refuted rumors that people hope to lose weight by sugar-free drinks: not sweet ≠ "0 sugar", "0 sugar" ≠ healthy

Text / Our reporter Zhang Xin co-ordinator / Chi Haibo

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