Édulcorants et mal-bouffe 27 octobre 2016

S’il fallait une raison supplémentaire de se passer d’aspartame ou d’édulcorants en général, la voici:

Don’t feed a sweet tooth
Swapping refined white sugar for sweeteners sounds great for our waistlines, but a study from the University of Sidney found using them could trick our brain into encouraging us to eat more. The brain senses a relationship between sweetness and the energy content of food, so when it detects sweetness without calories, it prompts us to seek out more energy-providing food. So weaning ourselves off sweet flavours may be better than simply trying to substitute them.

CQFD.

Et pour se sevrer de sucre, mieux vaut acheter local chez le petit producteur qu’au supermarché puisque Healthy Food Guide dans son édition d’octobre 2016 (la même qui note – ci-dessus – que les édulcorants sont trompeurs) indique que:

53. The percentage of supermarket promotions on unhealthy products. According to an analysis by Which?, 52% of confectionerey is on special offer, compared with just 30% of fresh fruit and 34% of fresh veg. Meanwhile, half of shoppers say they wish supermarkets would increase the healthier promotions to make it easier to choose healthy foods. Our advice? Stick to the perimeter, taking a detour to those tempting inner aisles only for specific items on your list.

Bon à savoir.