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Also fructose is not without problems
Diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease: A high-sugar diet can bring many health problems. For a long time fructose was considered a healthier alternative, but this sweetener is by no means unproblematic.
Sugar damages your health
Just recently the magazine "Ökotest" reported that hidden sugar is contained in almost all prepared meals. This of course makes it harder for consumers to be wary of consuming too much of the sweetener. For health reasons, however, this would be advisable, as a high sugar intake may be associated with problems such as tooth decay, diabetes, obesity or cardiovascular disease. In the past, fructose was often recommended as an alternative, but even this is not healthy sugar, as scientific studies showed. For example, researchers from Switzerland found that fructose can be dangerous for the heart.
Although fruit is one of the recommended foods, too much fructose is unhealthy. (Image: seralex / fotolia.com) Fructose has long been considered a healthier alternative
Fruit sugar sounds healthy at first, after all, fruit is high on the menu when it comes to dietary recommendations. But isolated fructose, which is obtained from corn, is anything but desirable, reported the consumer service Bayern in a recent release. "Already forbidden as diabetic sugar, today it is mainly added to children's foods and sweets, often with the addition" without granulated sugar ". At the same time, the negative consequences of this sugar are consciously mislaid, "write the experts.
Not recommended for diabetics
With four calories per gram, it contains as many calories as most other sugars. According to the consumer advocates, fructose nutritionally has the advantage that it only slightly increases the blood sugar compared to glucose. "Nevertheless, fructose for diabetics is not recommended because there is a relationship between fructose consumption and obesity, which is not based on increased calorie intake, but on influencing the fat and carbohydrate metabolism," said the consumer service. Whether a product contains fructose is shown in the list of ingredients. There are names such as corn syrup, high-fructose syrup or fructose. The consumer service Bavaria points out that customers should not be seduced by sayings such as "without granulated sugar" or "with the sweetness of fruits". (Ad)