Are certain types of vinegar more recommended than others when you want to avoid blood sugar spikes? As biochemist Jessie Inchauspé, alias Glucose Goddess on social networks, reports in the columns of Le Parisien, certain vinegar recipes very popular with the French display sugar levels that are too high.
It has many uses in cooking… Whether it is used to season a salad, to deglaze a piece of meat or simply to spice up a dish, vinegar finds its place on many kitchen shelves in France . Sherry, red wine, rice or even alcohol: there are a multitude of different vinegars, each with different properties. However, and in recent years, it is one vinegar in particular which seems to have found a particular place among consumers: balsamic vinegar.
If this food product appears, on the surface, to pose no particular risk to the health of those who consume it regularly, the reality is quite different. As reported by our colleagues from Parisian, brand balsamic vinegar Mesh contains an alarming 32% sugar in its composition. And yet when we analyze in detail the list of ingredients on the bottle available in supermarkets, sugar is not mentioned anywhere.
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Pay attention to the composition of your vinegar
And for good reason : the manufacturers of Maille brand balsamic vinegar use “grape must” and not sugar to provide this sweet taste characteristic of balsamic vinegar. A deception brought to light by Paul-Olivier Claudepierre, one of the two bosses of the artisanal vinegar maker Maison Martin Pouret, in front of the cameras of the Parisian. When you go to the group’s website Crossroads in order to display the product sheet for this article, the conclusion is clear: “32g of sugar per 100g of product”.
To avoid blood sugar spikes, you should therefore not turn to balsamic vinegar. A point insisted on by Jessie Inchauspé, biochemist in the columns of Parisian. “Vinegar contains a super molecule called acetic acid that reduces the rate at which starchy foods are converted to glucose in the intestine, but all the sugar in balsamic vinegar will cancel out these positive effects.”explains Jessie Inchauspé.
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The biochemist therefore advises consumers to favor red wine vinegars. to avoid peaks and variations in blood sugar levels while benefiting from the virtues of acetic acid. It should be ensured that these do not contain “added sugar”, “grape must” or even “fruit juice” on the ingredient list.
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