The daily permissible amount of sugar is 20-25 grams, which is equivalent to a glass of cola or any other sweet carbonated drink.
Publika.az Deputy director of the National Research Center for Healthy Nutrition, consultant dietician Aleksey Kabanov informed “Gazeta.ru” about this.
“Excessive sugar intake is the main cause of cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes and atherosclerosis. The fact is that sugar is added to juices, preserves and sauces. In addition, we add sugar to coffee and tea, sweets “As a result, the level of sugar consumption increases many times. This situation literally leads to an epidemic of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and obesity,” the expert explained.
People who are overweight, have diabetes, are at high risk of cardiovascular disease or have high cholesterol should avoid sugar. Kabanov advised us to think about innovative sugar substitutes.
“Sugar can be replaced with natural sweeteners. Recently, there is more and more talk about innovative sugar substitutes, that is, sweet proteins. These substances, unlike other sweeteners, are not carbohydrates, but proteins. They have almost no calories, are much sweeter than sugar, and are synthesized from African plants. These include mabinlin, kurculin, miraculin and others,” Kabanov said.
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