The shelves of convenience stores and supermarkets are filled with a dazzling array of zero-calorie drinks, which are sweet and low in calories and will not promote blood sugar rise. At first glance, they look like lifesavers for dieters. But is this really the case? Don't worry, fat friends, the truth is waiting for you below ~
1 Find out, what is the origin of "zero calorie drinks"?
The earliest zero-calorie drinks came from a company called "No-Cal". 1952, they introduced the first zero-calorie beverage in new york, USA.
The manufacturer invited Jane Sterling, then a Broadway actress, to shoot the cover of the advertisement. The content is also simple and rude, and the words "Jane drinks No-Cal" are written in bold. Jan sterling, a first-class figure, can really make people believe that this drink really has the magical effect of "slimming". In the following years, several American beverage giants followed suit and introduced "zero-calorie" drinks.
? At present, several common zero-calorie drinks in China, such as zero-calorie coke and diet coke, are also marked with zero-calorie on the nutrition label of the products. So these zero-calorie drinks really have no calories at all?
? Roughly speaking, it is really zero heat.
? Ordinary cola contains a lot of caramel, so it has a high calorie, which is the main reason why cola feels sweet after drinking. So what's the difference between the sugar content of ordinary coke and zero-calorie coke? Some people abroad have done relevant experiments, heating ordinary coke and zero-calorie coke, and comparing the residue left, it is found that the sugar in zero-calorie drinks can really be ignored. ?
? Why are zero-calorie drinks sweet without sugar?
? In fact, the sweetness of zero-calorie drinks is generally achieved by replacing sugar. A single sugar substitute will have an uncomfortable taste (I don't know if you remember some popsicles made of sugar substitutes more than ten years ago, which will taste bitter after eating), so two or more sugar substitutes will be added to general zero-calorie beverage products to make food taste better.
? Take Coca-Cola with zero calories as an example. The sugar substitutes it uses are aspartame, acesulfame K and sucralose. Excessive or long-term intake of sugar substitutes will lead to some health problems, but occasionally normal intake will not be a problem. The safety of aspartame has been verified twice by EFSA, and other sugar substitutes are also safe within the normal intake range.
? It is true that drinking this "sugar-free" and "zero calorie" is indeed less likely to gain weight than ordinary sugary cola. If you've always wanted dessert and kept buying zero-calorie drinks, it's obvious that you can't get rid of the evidence of sugar dependence. And it is deceiving yourself in front of a strong sugar appetite. However, this should not be a reason for you to drink more drinks, because after drinking enough, the calories are still considerable, which is not conducive to the great cause of losing weight. As experts suggest: losing weight by zero-calorie drinks is not a long-term solution!
? In fact, whether you can lose weight is not determined by a single food, but depends on whether the total calorie intake is greater than the total calorie intake. If you really need to lose weight, you should make more efforts on diet and exercise, instead of expecting to achieve it by drinking this so-called zero calorie or slimming beverage. Because even if this drink is really good for losing weight, if you don't control other diets and take an active part in physical exercise, you will still get fat. ?
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