- The less sugar you will have on your table, the better it is for you. However, before important events when you know that you will have to think a lot, make decisions quickly and focus, in shot – to waste a lot of energy, it is very useful to eat something sweet.
- It is better to choose dark chocolate. It contains more cocoa, so it is healthier.
- The safest sweets are those who also contain pectin (fiber). Those are marshmallows, pastilles, marmalade, etc. fiber does not allow your body to absorb sugar very quickly and the level of glucose in the blood does not jump very quickly. This is how we get sugar from fruits and vegetables. It is the best way to absorb sugar.
- The worst company for sugar is ascorbic acid. Because of ascorbic acid, sugar from soft drinks is absorbed very quickly and it turns into fat around your waist. The best drink is actually pure water. All soft drinks are just unnecessary calories.
- Fresh juice in fact can be harmful if you drink it in large amounts. They contain lots of vitamins and minerals, however they don’t have much fiber left. For this reason glucose is absorbed very quickly and this complicates pancreas work and promotes obesity. So if you want to lose weight it is better to eat entire orange or carrot instead of squeezing juice.