Baby fruit drinks harmful soda

Fruit drinks, designed for children, contain more sugar than Coca-Cola. Such the conclusion reached by researchers from the UK.

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British researchers studied Viewed fruit drinks . intended for use by children. More than a quarter of all fruit juice drinks, and smoothies were found to contain as much sugar, and how much Coke, and some of these beverages it was significantly more. Although the fruit juice contains natural sugars from the fruit, in the process processing they become "free sugars" which cause tooth damage and lead to a set of unwanted calories.

On the recommendation of the World Health Organization, people should receive a maximum of 10% of the daily doses of energy from added sugars. This is approximately 50 or 10 grams of tea spoons. However, a recent study conducted by researchers from the University College London, shows that this figure could be reduced just 14 grams of sugar or 3 teaspoons. This means that the daily limit The consumption of sugar will be achieved only with the help of half the pot Coke.

Excess amount of sugar is not only leads to damage to the enamel of the teeth, but can cause obesity and Type II diabetes. In the UK and many other western countries, one five children aged 4 to 5 years, and one in three aged 10 to 11 now have an extra weight or obese. That is why scientists are increasingly talking about the fact that fruit drinks   smoothies and should not be become part of a healthy balanced diet.

AT total, per 213 scientists traced products and found that each the fourth has the same amount of sugar as harmful to children's soda. They We used a "traffic light system", in which 117 products were given Red light. The rest received a yellow warning or approving green for use in children. (READ MORE)

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