For the reopening of the bar and restaurant terraces, choose your drink carefully.
In his health column, Doctor Jimmy Mohamed advises you to avoid so-called "light" drinks which are full of sweeteners, especially aspartame.
Substances harmful to the microbiota.
Only a few more days before being able to have a drink on the terrace. On Wednesday 19 May, the outdoor spaces of bars and restaurants may reopen, subject to conditions, after several months of closure. To consume without jeopardizing your health, Doctor Jimmy Mohamed, health columnist for Europe 1, advises to avoid so-called "light" drinks. They indeed contain "false sugar", known as a sweetener, the effects of which are harmful to the body, from weight gain to disruption of the microbiota.
“Diet drinks contain fake sugar called sweeteners. They are known as aspartame, saccharin or sucralose. These additives have what at first glance looks like a benefit but turns out to be a benefit. huge drawback: extremely high sweetening power.
Aspartame, for example, which is the most widely used sweetener in the food industry, has a sweetening power that is 200 times greater than that of conventional sugar.
Relentless marketing argument: these sweeteners provide virtually no calories.
Weight gain
And the problem is, the brain is going to be tricked.
When you consume a light drink, you will taste like sugar on your taste buds.
However, your body realizes that it did not have the necessary energy and will therefore push you to eat more.
Experiments were carried out on young people who were offered to drink light drinks or to drink a sweet drink.
According to the results, those who consumed diet drinks ate more than those who had a real sweet drink.
These drinks not only do not help with weight loss, but on the contrary increase the chances of gaining weight.
Disruption of the microbiota
In general, it must be considered that everything that comes from the food industry will necessarily be less healthy than products from the land or the sea. The problem with these sweeteners is that they will disrupt the health. microbiota, also called the second brain.
The function of the intestinal flora is not limited to digestion, as it plays an important role in immunity and inflammation.
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Find Jimmy Mohamed's column every morning at 8:37 am on Europe 1 as well as in replay and podcast here
When we take the microbiota from mice that have consumed sweeteners and transfer it to healthy mice, the latter end up having an increase in their blood sugar level, even though they have not consumed any sugar. sugar. We now know that a disrupted microbiota is involved in diseases such as type 2 diabetes or even obesity. "