7:20 PM
Although the product is labeled low-calorie and sugar free, not necessarily free of aspartame, which is one type of artificial sweetener that is often found in food and beverage products. Aspartame is 200 times the levels of sweetness than sugar (sucrose), and a combination of two chemicals, amino acids, aspartic acid and phenylalanine are. Of course, if the acid is consumed too often, it will harm the body. Side effects that would arise is visual impairment, hearing loss, difficulty breathing, spots on the skin. However, over time will increase the risk of chronic diseases, such as Parkinson's, lupus, Alzheimer's, epilepsy, lymphoma, diabetes, leukemia, tumors of the brain up.
8 Beware of the following products which have high aspartame.
1. Chewing gum
Chewing gum is often an option when driving, precisely to avoid drowsiness. Automatically, when the sweetness of the candy is gone, then you tend to throw it, and then return the new chewing. Imagine how much candy you consume throughout their journey.
2. Drink packaging various flavors.
Often one is tempted by the lure color of beverage products when the body is feeling very thirsty, especially if the drink in the refrigerator display in the store. Who do not realize is that, although the use of flavor drinks and fruit extracts, but the content of the artificial sweetener used is much higher, than the natural extracts from these fruits.
3. Diet soda
Although the name is diet soda, whether the drink is meant to support the diet program you are currently doing? The answer is no. Calorie content may be lower, but the content of the artificial sweetener used even greater.
4. Drink powder dissolved.
Just as bottled beverages of various flavors, other forms exist in the beverage powder that must be reconstituted with water before drinking. Often people think of dissolving a sachet of powdered beverages with more water to be enjoyed by many people. Beware if you're at an event, do not immediately enamored with color and sweet taste, which usually makes you want to eat them again and again.
5. Sauce
Tomato sauce and chili, almost all the time consumed, how not, to snack affairs, is incomplete if it does not use the sauce. However, do not let the sauce use far exceeds the portion snack servings you consume.
6. Drug syrup
When buying medicine syrup, look carefully, whether vitamins or medications you use for children containing aspartame. Before taking any medication, make sure you have first consulting pediatrician regarding the safe use of the drug.
7. Cereal
Cereal is one of my favorite breakfast menu for the family. Alert to always see the content that is before you buy it. Moreover, when eating cereal, you also consume milk, make sure your daily sugar content not exceeding 30 grams per day.
8. Yogurt
Although yogurt is sold often labeled without sugar, but it's still sweet, this is because the content of aspartame that exist in the yogurt. When you almost every time eating yogurt as breakfast menu, it's time to combine it with fruits.
Choose food products and beverages with more observant. Limit your daily consumption, choose foods that are naturally sweet, like fruits and honey.
