Everyone strives to organize their diet so that they can consume only useful and natural food. It would seem that now for this there are all possibilities: from the screens of TV sets and from the reproducers of radio receivers, streams of advertising of "extremely useful, natural, dietary, low-calorie" products are constantly flowing on us.
But, in order not to be zazombirovannym this information flow, we must remember that the sharks of the food industry on our health, you simply do not care, profit is the main thing that interests them. Producers are trying to maximize the prices of their products and minimize costs, and here, as they say, all means are good: from aggressive and, to put it mildly, not quite reliable advertising to use in production of the cheapest and low-quality raw materials.
Manufacturers of food products increasingly began to use all sorts of chemical additives and analogues of natural ingredients obtained by artificial means. And because the vast majority of products sold in supermarkets are useful and environmentally friendly can not be called.
Is it any wonder that the producers of food products in addition to saving on the health of consumers also enjoy any opportunity to cash in on their intention to eat right. .. Here are a couple of words about tasty, but unhelpful food.
"Low-calorie" products of
Nowadays low-calorie products are gaining popularity. In each store you can find a large number of products, which, if you trust advertising, provide fast and effective weight loss. In fact, such food not only does not help to lose excess pounds, but also can lead to very serious disorders in the body. Rapid weight loss stimulates the appearance of stones in the biliary tract, and can also lead to a pathological lowering of the blood sugar level.
In addition, a sharp decrease in weight is almost always replaced by its rapid collection after returning to the previous diet. And the person becomes "always losing weight", repeatedly repeats the weight loss courses, again and again purchasing "low-calorie" foods and dietary supplements for weight loss. And it is advantageous primarily to companies engaged in the production of "dietary" products and all kinds of drugs, the cost of which is not so small.
Moreover, many products advertised as low-calorie, in fact, such are not at all. So, many fat-free foods in exchange for the fat extracted from them contain a huge amount of sugar, and sometimes very harmful to artificial artificial sweeteners. After all, without giving additional sweetness, they are so tasteless that few people will buy them a second time.
Products from all diseases
Very often we see advertising products enriched with various vitamins, minerals, useful supplements, bifidobacteria and other extremely useful components. Cute models and actors portraying themselves as highly experienced doctors assure us from TV screens that these products will help us get rid of certain diseases: from dysbiosis to atherosclerosis, and even able to fight with malignant tumors.
Of course, the price of such products is much higher than analogs without such additives.
There is a small amount of truth in such advertising: the substances mentioned in the commercials are actually added to these products. But are they really capable of having a curative effect?
First, the useful properties of some of these additives are confirmed only by the results of very questionable studies, which are funded by the same giants of the food industry. How do you think, how objective are the results of these studies?
Secondly, even when really useful components are added to the products, their content is very small. And to get a dose from which you can expect some noticeable effect, you need a day to eat a few pounds, and then tons of this product.
What to say that some of the additives, for example bifidobacteria, in order to preserve their useful properties, require careful observance of the storage and transportation conditions of the products in which they are contained. Are these conditions being met by carriers and store employees? Far from a fact. ..
And yet, do you buy "super-useful" products?
The choice, of course, is yours. But remember that most of the low-calorie food is put up for sale by the same agro-industrial giants, producing unprofitable foods, with a high fat content. From this it follows that one should not take seriously loud advertisements, because giants of the food business do not really care about the health of consumers, and it is not in their interests to produce useful food.
In order to lose excess and slightly improve your diet, you do not need to spend money on miracle products with three-valued price tags. Just need to make your portion a little less, minimize fatty, salty foods and try to move more, fill your life with positive emotions and, believe me, there is nothing better than a healthy full sleep. This is quite enough to bring your figure in order without emptying your purse.