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Should you be afraid of sweeteners?

MedExpress Team

Medexpress

Published July 5, 2022 10:08

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While it's common knowledge to avoid sugar, many people feel a strong need for a sweet taste. The obesity epidemic has posed a considerable challenge for food producers: how to produce tasty food that will prevent us from gaining weight. Whether sweeteners can contribute to weight reduction - said Prof. Magdalena Olszanecka-Glinianowicz.

Sugar consumption is associated with significant weight gain in adults and children. Research has shown that drinking two drinks sweetened with sugar increases by about 30 percent. cardiovascular risk. Obesity is the disease with the greatest number of complications, including oncological ones. Therefore, the challenge was to reduce the calorific value of food by changing the technological processes of its production and composition.

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- Food reform is one of the most important directions of obesity prevention at the social level - informed prof. Magdalena Olszanecka-Glinianowicz, head of the Department and Chair of Health Promotion and Obes...

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