The “disguised” foods for the healthy: How do you notice them?

Alongside a busy and intense life routine, we are always looking for the diet that will give us maximum benefits with minimum effort. The food industry is aware of the need and nutritional trends that are increasing and in accordance with it tries to emphasize the nutritional values, benefits and components that transmit as natural and health as possible.Is the headline headlines necessarily guarantee that the product is a healthy product? We went over the prominent labels to identify those real and those of them reflect only a partial image.

 

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“No Supplemental Sugar”

Those who only look at the front of the packaging will get the feeling that a sugar -free product is effective in weight loss and suitable for diabetics. A glimpse of the back of the product can discover a slightly different image.

Sugar -free products can have other components containing quite a few carbohydrates. Also, these products are most often used in artificial toys (“Ol” extension – Meltitol, Sorbitol, etc.) also have calorie value. Although low -calorie value, they also absorb and affect the total calorie in the product. Also, high -quantities can cause digestive in the digestive system in excessive consumption.

What to do? Read the list of components in the product, look at the dietary table and refer to the total carbohydrate in the product. And especially remember that even in products such as cakes, cookies and snacks without added sugar, there will probably be a carbohydrate that will fall apart in the body for sugar and affect both calorific value and blood sugar levels.

 

 

 

“Natural Squeezed Juice”

Natural squeezed juice is the type of product that are perceived as the embodiment of health. We see the fruits on the basis of fruits in the booths, malls, restaurants and, of course, on the shelves in the writer under the “natural” caption.

Well what’s the problem? Fresh fruit juices have a large concentration of fruit. For example, in a glass of orange juice there are about 3-4 orange units. It is true that fruits are healthy and nutritious but when we squeeze the fruit we miss a good portion of the dietary fiber and probably eat a greater amount than we would eat if we would eat the fruit in its entirety.

The sugar found in the fruits is sugar called fructose. Focrors are slightly sweeter than white sugar. And fructose in distinguishing white sugar behaves slightly different in the body so that in moderate quantities and the addition of nutritional fiber in the fruit shell it has many health benefits and excess amounts it can cause an increase in the level of triglycerides that are blood fats.

In addition, if the juice did not squeeze fresh in some of the additional health benefits that exist. For example, vitamin C is a sensitive vitamin, and not sure how much vitamin C really remains in the bottle when you purchased it. In addition, the dietary fiber does not pass the filtration well into the bottle or glass (for example, pomegranate seeds).

This is not what, but a few. It all depends on dose. To make the best of the fruits we recommend eating the whole fruit. And if you already drink fruit juice, it is advisable to take a small dish, consider it inside the daily total and prefer juice that is squeezed in the place and not a pre -pre -squeezed packed juice.

 

 

 

“___ cause protein”

Protein -rich products have conquered the refrigerators and delicacies in recent years. It’s great because today we want maximum results from training and no doubt the protein is the rising star. However, many dairy products, delicacies, drinks are boasting the product in the amount of protein of the product, but when you look at the component list and the amount of sugar teaspoons to the trophy, the quantity can be very close to other delicacies that are considered as sweet and less healthy.

How do you identify enriched protein products? A short list of components, minimum stabilizers and additives, and don’t forget to look at the amount of carbohydrates and sugar medals for the cup.

 

 

 

Brown sugar, maple, honey, a natural silan

White sugar is also natural, so why did you actually tell you that all these substitutes are preferable? To understand this one and for all you have to go back to the base. Sugar is actually a synonym for carbohydrate, however, there are different types of carbohydrates and not everyone behaves the same. Most of our diet should consist of full carbohydrate containing dietary fiber. But is there a significant difference between the types of sugars we sweeten with the yogurt or pastry and what is the difference between them?

Glucose, fructose, galactose are the sugar that make up the molecules of the sweets we know. It is important to understand that glucose and fructose behave differently in the body. While glucose affects blood sugar levels, and as a result of the secretion of insulin in our bodies, unlike fructose does not affect insulin secretion and it goes to the liver for continued metabism. Because phoestos does not raise blood sugar levels, it has a low glycemic value and therefore “considered” healthier. However, high -amount fructose can cause as I wrote up to blood lipids and again we will return to the matter that everything is a matter of quantities. So some points for thinking you might renew about the sweeteners you use.

Between brown and white sugar there is no difference in values ​​and influence on the body. White and brown sugar contains sucrose (bi -sugar) which is 50% fructose and 50% glucose. Natural maple syrup- fructose concentration about 40%. Honey contains about 40% fructose. Similar to white sugar. Agave syrup is about 90% fructose.

What matters is that there is no bad or good, permitted or prohibited any types of natural sugars but reference mainly to quantity. It should be borne in mind that a bi -sugar recommendation as the above -based glycemic index is not optimal.

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Mostly we need to pay attention to HFCS which is industrial sugar produced from corn and has a high fructose concentration and can reach various fructose concentrations, it is added to many energy snacks, sweet drinks and more. Therefore, again I will return to reference to a fructose recommendation that comes from the consumption of fruits in their cortex healthy and with many benefits, however, a caption on the packaging facade of natural sugar is something that needs to be read and understood the registration of product components.

Lee Ben Shoshan Clinical Dietitian at Ichilov Medical Center and personal fitness trainer