癡肥、二型糖尿病等等的疾病在全球上均有上升的趨勢,普羅大眾在飲食方面的警覺性亦因而變得越來越高。724Please respect copyright.PENANAD00LSfm2rU
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食物工業商有見及此,特意的在某些產品上加入增甜劑 (俗稱代糖),標榜產品的卡路里成份為零或接近為零,意圖捕捉現今二十一世紀甚麼均要追求「健康」的客戶市場;724Please respect copyright.PENANAAE2OwheAF3
增甜劑大多為無法或較難被人體吸收的物質,故此頂多只會在人體裡構成微量的卡路里。724Please respect copyright.PENANA2LRWqoMDNB
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增甜劑亦有人工及天然之分,最為令人熟悉的天然增甜劑是木糖醇(Xylitol,廣告稱之為曬駱駝,取其英文發音),木糖醇產生出來的熱量非常之少,每克約提供二點四左右的卡路里,其特性是無法被口腔裡的細菌發酵為酸,不少研究指出咀嚼含有木糖醇的香口膠可有效維持口腔的酸鹼平衝。724Please respect copyright.PENANAQBXQ9KfRR5
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之於人工增甜劑方面,較出名的有阿斯巴甜(Aspartame)、三氯蔗糖(Sucralose)及糖精(Saccharin),在普遍的健怡飲品及早餐穀量食品均能找到。724Please respect copyright.PENANALoijxhKFcD
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人工增甜劑會否對人體做成傷害一直是科學家們在激烈爭論的話題,美國食品藥品監督管理局(簡稱FDA)在還沒有得出共識之下覓然批准數種增甜劑進入市場,形成今時今日各種健怡飲品充斥在世界各地超級市場的局面。724Please respect copyright.PENANAK5wFeF3KIU
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然而,諷刺的是,現今的科學家已開始逐漸達成共識,經常吸取人工增甜劑絕對會對人體做成傷害!724Please respect copyright.PENANA8pvRTwooqd
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「有害? 理醫生,你不要嚇我吧!724Please respect copyright.PENANARFMJk85Njr
健怡可樂的『糖』份不是會無法被人體吸收,全都排出體外的嗎?」724Please respect copyright.PENANA6TkY02NqYB
少女收銀聽到我說無糖可樂更為有害的時候,雙眉頓時一皺。724Please respect copyright.PENANA0QxyMkPQCt
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「沒錯! 你說得一點也沒錯! 那些糖粉的確是會排出體外,但問題是在排出體外前的期間,這些非天然的糖份會影響腸道菌叢(Gut Microbiota)的生長圖譜,做成菌群的組成改變,對人體健康做成傷害。」724Please respect copyright.PENANAeOsSA7EhlX
我展露出一臉認真的模樣,表示自己並不是在說笑。724Please respect copyright.PENANAb7oABqpJXe
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「腸道菌叢? 這是甚麼來的?」724Please respect copyright.PENANAbcPxDRbsUy
少女收銀食指放在嘴前,裝出一副可愛的模樣,作出疑問。724Please respect copyright.PENANA9EJ9Q9g0bA
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「腸道菌叢是指棲息在人體腸道內的細菌族群,它們透過消化我們進食的食物獲取營養從而生長,然而它們可不是白吃白喝的,它們在我們的免疫系統裡飾演著非常重要的角色,負責控制全身的免疫力及發炎狀態,與我們保持著共生的關係。」724Please respect copyright.PENANAfu1dbfIhEY
我盡量不作出過度深入的講解,不使用任何的學術用語,以免會把她悶到起來。724Please respect copyright.PENANAg4MBGQXVU4
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「哦! 哦! 哦! 腸道健康呀嘛! 我懂呀! 益力多裡頭的益生菌呀嘛!」724Please respect copyright.PENANAfG2J8Aoako
少女擠出了一道尷尬的笑容,試圖繼續把話題延伸下去。724Please respect copyright.PENANAkjMMVZj0Km
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「哈哈! 沒錯! 飲用益力多的確是會短暫性增加腸道裡某一種益生菌的!」724Please respect copyright.PENANAnv5yrvI0wN
我輕輕一笑,豎起拇指,給她作出一個鼓勵。724Please respect copyright.PENANAE1ASuyX2hN
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若腸道裡的細菌被過度抗生素或被其他原因殺死的話,腸道感染、肚痾發燒等等的情況便會可能發生,最有效的治療辦法就是把健康人體腸道裡的細菌移植到病患者的體內,醫學稱之為糞便移植( Fecal Microbiota Transplant, FMT)。724Please respect copyright.PENANAgMcUoG7zHn
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糞便移植這種治療手法源自中國,在十六世紀李時珍,非理時真,本草綱目曾作出這樣的記載:724Please respect copyright.PENANAMufMjyBGgN
「攪腸沙痛,用母豬生兒時拋下糞,日干為末,以白湯調服。」724Please respect copyright.PENANAo4jKmTAAaK
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李時珍把屎與水的混和之物稱之為黃湯,表示可醫治無數與腸狀有關的病痛,其箇中的原理就是把健康人體腸道裡的細菌移植到病患者的體內,補充所缺乏的有益腸道菌叢;724Please respect copyright.PENANAU8VrkIbz5g
他的這番記載經常被無數不學無術的人取笑,笑稱他是神棍一名,竟然會想出吃糞的這種瘋狂治療方法。724Please respect copyright.PENANABGuJ90ir3L
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現時今日科技先進,當然不會叫患者忍辱負重喝下黃湯,而是把損贈的糞便與生理鹽水混合,經過離心機的處理過後把液體透過管道注入在患者的大腸內;724Please respect copyright.PENANAPr0Fm7qR5T
雖然糞便移植這個手法在很多人的眼中均無法接受,但現今的治療成功率達九成以上,沒有任何副作用,唯一的壞處就是大多數保險公司均不會對此治療方式作出投保而已。724Please respect copyright.PENANAUHYROaOUxX
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「唔...理醫生,說了這麼久,你還沒有向我解釋健怡可樂內的代糖對人體作出的影響呢?」724Please respect copyright.PENANAEsSQVXLi0G