Tip Tuesday: Don’t be Fooled by the Healthy Packaging & Advertising: Always Read &

Don’t be fooled by the Healthy Packaging & Advertising: Always Read & Know Your Ingredients

A friend texted me a photo of a new favorite gluten free & vegan treat. Right on the front it states it is plant based, gluten free, beans, nut-free and non-GMO SO it MUST BE A GOOD TREAT….This is advertising and not meant for your health.

Read the ingredients and you will soon learn this is not much better with 5 Types of sugars included

Along with organic can sugar there are 3 other types of processed sugars in this “healthy treat”

Brown Rice Syrup

What it is:?Sugar extracted from starches in cooked rice. Research says:?Though brown rice?syrup breaks down pri?marily into glucose, it?s a more complex carbohydrate than pure glucose (which some products use), so you?ll get less?of a blood-sugar spike. Our take:?It?s better than a pure fructose sweetener but not as preferable as sucrose-based ones.

Tapioca Syrup

What it is:?An extract from the starches in cassava root. Research says:?There haven?t been many studies on tapioca syrup, but it?s heavily processed and manufacturers manipulate its glucose and fructose ratios. Our take: Until there?s more information, we?d steer clear

Vegetable Glycerin, aka Glycerol or Glycerine

What is it: is a clear liquid typically made from soybean, coconut or palm oils. It is odorless and has a mild, sweet taste with a syrup-like consistency. Vegetable glycerin is particularly popular in the cosmetic industry but has several other uses as well.

Prebiotic Fiber ?

What is is: is a non-digestible part of foods like bananas, onions and garlic, Jerusalem artichoke, the skin of apples, chicory root, beans, and many others. Prebiotic fiber?goes through the small intestine undigested and is fermented when it reaches the large colon.

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