He sits in almost all fridges and we even buy him, sometimes, for his children. However, according to Jean-Michel Cohen, this product is a false good idea. Too sweet, too caloric, beware!
The packaging plays a lot. Bright colors, reassuring mentions like “100% pure” or “without added sugars”, everything seems to indicate that this product is good. However, according to the nutritionist Jean-Michel Cohen, this health reflex is an illusion. “It contains a lot of sugars and few fibers, which leads to a rapid rise in blood sugar”he explains in an Instagram post. Translation: A rapid rise in blood sugar levels, followed by a tiredness, then a new desire for sugar. The typical vicious circle.
The trap is that it is not a question here of sugar added to the classic sense of the term, the one we put in coffee or see in industrial cakes. It is sugar naturally present, but in concentrated quantity. He quickly enters into the blood, causes an increase in insulin, tires the pancreas and, in the long term, promotes the storage of fat. This is what, in the long term, can promote weight gain, prediabetes, or even diabetes type 2. And Jean-Michel Cohen is not the only one to sound the alarm: the WHO, too, recommends limiting this product, despite its positive image.
Industrialists are playing on ambiguity. They highlight the vitamins, the natural side, the absence of dyes. And they are right on these points: this product brings vitamin C, water, a pleasant taste. But that is not enough to compensate for its calorie density. Because even without added sugar, it remains sweet and very little satisfy. You will understand, this product is the fruit juice. This false breakfast friend acts, in reality, climbing your blood sugar. It is better to bite an orange than to drink it
Indeed, the advantage of eating a fruit rather than drinking the juice is that it allows you to absorb as many fibers as possible. The latter slow down the absorption of sugar, calm hunger and protect the intestines. In the bottle, they almost disappeared.
SO, “Rather juice or whole fruit?”, questions Jean-Michel Cohen in his post. For him, the answer is no doubt.
