Dietician Şükriye Eral spoke about the digestion and calorie burning of chocolate. Eral stated that in order to burn 400-500 calories of Dubai chocolate weighing 100 grams, it is necessary to walk for about 1 hour and do fast-paced sports. Stating that the content of chocolate should be checked before consumption, Eral underlined that peas have been used instead of pistachios recently. Dietician Şükriye Eral pointed out that it is extremely harmful for children to consume too much of this product and warned parents about this.
“THE ADDITIVES MAY BE TOO MUCH IN TERMS OF CONTENT”
Speaking about Dubai chocolate, Dietician Şükriye Eral said, “Dubai chocolate is a food that has become very popular recently with the influence of social media. As dietitians, we can often meet our clients’ eating requests. Generally consisting of pistachio paste, tel kadayıf, chocolate, tahini and oil; It is actually a slightly higher calorie and more expensive product compared to other chocolate bars, with an average of 450-500 calories. It has become a serious industrial market with its recent popularity. This can lead to situations that we do not want to happen, which we call imitation and adulteration.
We encounter this very often in baklava. For example, they started using peas instead of pistachios. In terms of content, additives can be very high. My approach to my clients regarding Dubai chocolate is that if we are curious, we can taste it and try it. However, since foods that have become popular at such a time may contain highly additive products, we should read the label and pay attention to the ingredients when shopping,” he said.
“WE NEED TO EXERCISE FOR 1 HOUR TO BURN A PRODUCT OF 400-500 CALORIES”
Talking about the content of chocolate and how much effort it takes to burn it, dietitian Şükriye Eral continued as follows;
“There is shredded wheat inside, it is a kind of carbohydrate. It also has pistachio paste, it’s oil. It is also possible to talk about fat in tahini and chocolate. It is very troublesome for us, especially in diabetic patients, and we are starting to see a lot of insulin resistance in children. For this reason, uncontrolled consumption in children may cause problems in later ages. Therefore, it is definitely beneficial to support it in a controlled manner.
We heard that it is even in school canteens. That’s why it should not be included in school canteens. So, when children go to the market with their families, they should read both the quantity and the ingredients and at least buy the ones with cleaner ingredients. Because we also see the ones with a lot of glucose and fructose syrup. So maybe products that are not in the original can be included when they are additives. Uncontrolled consumption will definitely cause us to lose weight in the long run. We need an average of 7 thousand calories to gain one kilo. If we consume 7 thousand calories of Dubai chocolate in a 1-month period, it will return to us as 1 calorie on average. “In order to burn a product of 400-500 calories, we need to walk and do fast-paced sports for approximately 1 hour.”
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