Hello dear nutrition-conscious person!
Even if you pay attention to your diet, you may not come around for a piece of chocolate every now and then. Today, however, I would like to tell you something about the two ingredients of this product.
There is a range of components that are used today as food additives to improve taste or reduce production costs. One of the most common names are soy lecithin and palm oil.
Soy lecithin
Soy lecithin is a flavor additive made from refined soybean oil by processing at low temperature. Due to the fact that the oil is purified, normal people usually conclude that it is unhealthy. However, experts assert that such an opinion is wrong, and soybean oil gets both vitamins and the oil itself and phospholipids perfectly.
The use of soy lecithin is that it is actively involved in the metabolism of fats and cholesterol and therefore neutralizes the damage of fatty foods. However, it also inhibits the development of gallstones.
Soya lecithin is often prescribed to people living in areas with elevated radioactive background. This is due to the fact that salt salts of heavy metals are perfectly removed.
Soya lecithin is also good for those who suffer from intolerance to animal fats and various allergic reactions.
However, not everything is as easy as it seems at first glance. There are a number of situations in which soy lecithin has a very negative impact on the human body.
For example, this product has a very negative effect on the effects of the endocrine system. Lecithin depresses her. Its effect is particularly strong on the nervous system of children. Therefore, children use up to 3 years of soy lecithin contraindicated.
Pregnant women should also forego the use of soy lecithin because this affects rather negatively the development of the fetal brain. Often it can even come to miscarriages.
To avoid problems, you must understand very well where you can find soy lecithin. Usually it is added in the production of baked goods, chocolate, sausage, dumplings and fast food.
Soy lecithin is found in chocolate and chocolate coatings, but also in bread and baked goods, ice cream, mayonnaise, instant milk and cocoa drinks, margarine (although you will not consume them as a nutritionally-conscious person;)) - even in baby food!!
What scared me the most is that soy lecithin is even contained in every conventional cooking and baking chocolate! Pay close attention to the next time you shop, you'll be amazed at how it hides everywhere..
Palm oil
For palm oil, the problem with the deforestation of the rainforest is more important.
Of course, this has a particularly bad impact on biodiversity, the climate as well as the local population. Large-scale deforestation threatens and destroys the habitat of many living things. In Indonesia, for example, orangutans are in acute danger!
The problem is that many palm oil producers are deforesting without the government's approval, thus destroying forests with a high protection value ...
Palm oil is mainly used for food production, especially for finished products and chocolate and products containing chocolate.
But it is also found mainly in cosmetics, soap and detergents. Another point, why it makes sense here to switch to natural cosmetics;)
Sustainable palm oil or organic palm oil:
There is, among other things, the Round Table for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), which does not lead to rainforest and peatland destruction through its production, but there are still some serious and independent control mechanisms to check the criteria.
As a result, this certification may be misused by companies.
In the production of organic palm oil, guidelines are followed that prohibit the clearing of areas with a high protection value. This includes ancient jungles and first-growth forests.
For these reasons, we should try to do without products containing these ingredients as much as possible. Not only us but also our environment ent to love!
Of course, you can actively demand from the manufacturers that they no longer use palm oil from rainforest or peatland destruction. The more people ask for this from a producer, the sooner he or she will be willing to deal with the topic and change it.
In this sense, have fun reading labels,