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adalah jawaban dari dr. Luigi, MD. MPh.
"Hi
Karen, You bring up a good point on sugar. The world is starting to realiz
e that we consume way too much sugar in our daily diets, as well as
fats and calories overall. The main reason for using sugar is for taste. Almost
all of your customers want something that tastes good, so sugar helps to
sweeten the product. 32 years ago, when Mark Hughes designed the products, he
didn’t add much sugar because he wanted to keep the products protein based with
plant nutrients, and he started the company using fructose as a sweetener. That
legacy has continued in almost all of our product line, in particular our
shakes.
Fructose is basically fruit sugar. The sugar that you find in a candy bar is
glucose or sucrose. The good thing about fructose is that is does NOT go
directly into the bloodstream after you eat it (like glucose and sucrose do).
Instead, fructose takes a stop in the liver to get metabolized which slows down
its release into the blood. This is why Mark was so smart to use fructose
because it generally has a Low glycemic index compared to other sugars. Because
our shakes have protein and fiber, they help to slow the release of the
fructose which is why people feel satisfied with energy for 2-3 hours. Also,
the amount of fructose is between 9-12 grams depending on which shake you use.
Some of the new shakes may have only 6 grams of sugar. Each gram of sugar has 4
calories so a shake with 12 grams of sugar is only 48 calories which is very
little when you consider a typical soda has 200 calories of sugar. Furthermore,
our sugar is sourced from oranges or beets which is a more natural source than
corn sweetener (which is what the food companies generally use). So yes, many
customers are asking for low sugar products which is exactly what we offer. I
remember when I started in the company years ago, Deb Katz told me that Mom’s
generally look for products that have less than 13 grams of sugar per serving
on the shelf in stores. And that is about the amount in our products. Best
regards, Luigi"
Fructose is basically fruit sugar. The
sugar that you find in a candy bar is glucose or sucrose. The good thing about
fructose is that is does NOT go directly into the bloodstream after you eat it
(like glucose and sucrose do). Instead, fructose takes a stop in the liver to
get metabolized which slows down its release into the blood. This is why Mark
was so smart to use fructose because it generally has a Low glycemic index
compared to other sugars. Because our shakes have protein and fiber, they help
to slow the release of the fructose which is why people feel satisfied with
energy for 2-3 hours. Also, the amount of fructose is between 9-12 grams
depending on which shake you use.
Some of the new shakes may have only 6
grams of sugar. Each gram of sugar has 4 calories so a shake with 12 grams of
sugar is only 48 calories which is very little when you consider a typical soda
has 200 calories of sugar. Furthermore, our sugar is sourced from oranges or
beets which is a more natural source than corn sweetener (which is what the
food companies generally use). So yes, many customers are asking for low sugar
products which is exactly what we offer. I remember when I started in the
company years ago, Deb Katz told me that Mom’s generally look for products that
have less than 13 grams of sugar per serving on the shelf in stores. And that
is about the amount in our products. Best regards, Luigi"
Fructose is basically fruit sugar. The sugar that you find in a candy bar is glucose or sucrose. The good thing about fructose is that is does NOT go directly into the bloodstream after you eat it (like glucose and sucrose do). Instead, fructose takes a stop in the liver to get metabolized which slows down its release into the blood. This is why Mark was so smart to use fructose because it generally has a Low glycemic index compared to other sugars. Because our shakes have protein and fiber, they help to slow the release of the fructose which is why people feel satisfied with energy for 2-3 hours. Also, the amount of fructose is between 9-12 grams depending on which shake you use.
Some of the new shakes may have only 6 grams of sugar. Each gram of sugar has 4 calories so a shake with 12 grams of sugar is only 48 calories which is very little when you consider a typical soda has 200 calories of sugar. Furthermore, our sugar is sourced from oranges or beets which is a more natural source than corn sweetener (which is what the food companies generally use). So yes, many customers are asking for low sugar products which is exactly what we offer. I remember when I started in the company years ago, Deb Katz told me that Mom’s generally look for products that have less than 13 grams of sugar per serving on the shelf in stores. And that is about the amount in our products. Best regards, Luigi"
Fructose is basically fruit sugar. The sugar that you find in a candy bar is glucose or sucrose. The good thing about fructose is that is does NOT go directly into the bloodstream after you eat it (like glucose and sucrose do). Instead, fructose takes a stop in the liver to get metabolized which slows down its release into the blood. This is why Mark was so smart to use fructose because it generally has a Low glycemic index compared to other sugars. Because our shakes have protein and fiber, they help to slow the release of the fructose which is why people feel satisfied with energy for 2-3 hours. Also, the amount of fructose is between 9-12 grams depending on which shake you use.
Some of the new shakes may have only 6 grams of sugar. Each gram of sugar has 4 calories so a shake with 12 grams of sugar is only 48 calories which is very little when you consider a typical soda has 200 calories of sugar. Furthermore, our sugar is sourced from oranges or beets which is a more natural source than corn sweetener (which is what the food companies generally use). So yes, many customers are asking for low sugar products which is exactly what we offer. I remember when I started in the company years ago, Deb Katz told me that Mom’s generally look for products that have less than 13 grams of sugar per serving on the shelf in stores. And that is about the amount in our products. Best regards, Luigi"


