{"id":13463,"date":"2024-02-24T16:37:16","date_gmt":"2024-02-24T15:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/24\/can-we-have-our-cake-and-eat-it-welcome-to-the-world-of-sugar-elimination\/"},"modified":"2024-02-24T16:37:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T15:37:16","slug":"can-we-have-our-cake-and-eat-it-welcome-to-the-world-of-sugar-elimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/24\/can-we-have-our-cake-and-eat-it-welcome-to-the-world-of-sugar-elimination\/","title":{"rendered":"Can we have our cake and eat it? Welcome to the world of sugar elimination"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our sugar problem could be solved by counteracting it after we\u2019ve eaten it, as stomach \u2018sponges\u2019 and fibre-making enzymes head to market<\/p>\n

I am in a kitchen shared by bio-based startups in San Francisco looking forward to a chocolate chip cookie. Having been diagnosed with prediabetes a few years ago, I usually stay well away from sweet treats. But I have a secret weapon: a sachet of Monch Monch<\/a>, a proprietary plant fibre-based drink mix that has been engineered to expand in my stomach like a kitchen sponge and soak up sugar in food, rendering it unavailable for early absorption.<\/p>\n

The idea is that, locked in the \u201csponge\u201d, a significant amount of the sugar will simply pass through. One gram of the product can absorb six grams of sugar according to lab tests by the startup behind it, BioLumen. Sucrose (table sugar), glucose, fructose and to a lesser extent simple starches can all be sequestered. Given there\u2019s just over four grams in the sachet, I calculate it should \u2013 if it works \u2013 nicely nullify the sugar in my treat and give my gut a fibre boost to boot. \u201cHow do you eat food without paying the health price? We think we have figured out a way,\u201d says Paolo Costa, co-founder and CEO of the company, as I mix the powder in the sachet with water and drink it.<\/p>\n

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\nOur sugar problem could be solved by counteracting it after we\u2019ve eaten it, as stomach \u2018sponges\u2019 and fibre-making enzymes head to market
\nI am in a kitchen shared by bio-based startups in San Francisco looking forward to a chocolate chip cookie. Having been diagnosed with prediabetes a few years ago, I usually stay well away from sweet treats. But I have a secret weapon: a sachet of Monch Monch, a proprietary plant fibre-based drink mix that has been engineered to expand in my stomach like a kitchen sponge and soak up sugar in food, rendering it unavailable for early absorption.
\nThe idea is that, locked in the \u201csponge\u201d, a significant amount of the sugar will simply pass through. One gram of the product can absorb six grams of sugar according to lab tests by the startup behind it, BioLumen. Sucrose (table sugar), glucose, fructose and to a lesser extent simple starches can all be sequestered. Given there\u2019s just over four grams in the sachet, I calculate it should \u2013 if it works \u2013 nicely nullify the sugar in my treat and give my gut a fibre boost to boot. \u201cHow do you eat food without paying the health price? We think we have figured out a way,\u201d says Paolo Costa, co-founder and CEO of the company, as I mix the powder in the sachet with water and drink it. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our sugar problem could be solved by counteracting it after we\u2019ve eaten it, as stomach \u2018sponges\u2019 and fibre-making enzymes head to market I am in a kitchen shared by bio-based startups in San Francisco looking forward to a chocolate chip cookie. Having been diagnosed with prediabetes a few years ago, I usually stay well away …<\/p>\n

Can we have our cake and eat it? Welcome to the world of sugar elimination<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":13464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13463"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}