Many foods, especially just sweets, are usually highly processed and concentrated. So that they maintain certain flavors, are stable and durable, additives are used. These must be listed in the list of ingredients (E numbers). In principle, additives must be harmless to health. However, in certain sensitive groups of people, such as children, some additives … Fruit Gums: Additives are Problematic
It’s well over 80 years old, just 2.2 centimeters tall and consists mainly of glucose syrup, sugar and gelatin. It is so popular that every German eats three kilos of them a year – we are talking about the gummy bear. The advertising promises: no fat! But they still make you fat, the popular fruit … Fruit Gums: Do They Really Make us Happy?
If one nibbles sweet again and again, the concentration of Serotonin, the body’s own luck hormone, increases over a complicated metabolism in the brain. If serotonin drops, this quickly shows up in the psyche – with a bad mood. Automatically, the craving for food increases, which causes the hormone to rise again. Effects on blood … Fruit Gums: Vitamins, Flavors, Colorants
