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Behind a bag of cups or of a handful of trinkets there is almost always a child smiling that enjoys chewing colored sugar and various flavors, but not everything ends there. Sometimes, consumers, even compulsive, of this type of products are adults. In those sweet with names or forms as appetizing as hams, bananas, eggs and blackberries there are sugars, glucose syrup, water, gelatin, flavors, colors and other ingredients with those who are developed the cups colored. If, instead of being covered with sugar glisten to the way of licorices and strawberries is because in its preparation have been used oils and waxes. But none of these ingredients are necessary or helpful for the diet, because there are food brought these nutrients in proportions more balanced than those of the couches. So that each time they are rewarded for children with a handful of trinkets is incorporated in your body a dose of sugars and additives that has no direct negative consequences for their health but that, as regards to sugar, by its link with the obesity and the caries, should be consumed only occasionally and in moderation. In regard to the additives, do not have to cause problems since before being allowed have been tested, but always be is best avoided. Read the rest of this entry »