Pēlā i hana ai ka meli i kahi koho olakino maikaʻi i ke kō. Akā ʻo ka noiʻi hou a ka hui Pelekane ʻo Action on Suga i wāwahi ai kēia stereotype.
Ua kālailai ka poʻe loea i ka meli a me nā mea ʻono ʻē aʻe i hoʻohana ʻia e nā mea kūʻai ma ke ʻano he pani no ke kō a ua hoʻoholo lākou ʻaʻole "hoʻokalakupua" ka meli.
Ua hoʻāʻo lākou ma mua o 200 mau huahana mai nā hale kūʻai Pelekane - ka meli, ke kō, a me nā syrups, i hāʻawi ʻia i ka mea kūʻai aku ma ke ʻano kūlohelohe a olakino. ʻO ka hopena, ua ʻike nā mea noiʻi ʻaʻole ʻokoʻa ka meli a me nā syrups mai ke kō i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia. No laila, hiki i ka meli ke komo i ka 86% o nā sugars free a me ka maple syrup - a hiki i ka 88%. Ua hoʻohui pū ka poʻe loea "ʻo nā huahana i hoʻopau ʻia me ka meli i ka hopena he nui ke kō."
ʻO nā sugars manuahi, i ʻōlelo ʻia ma luna, he glucose, fructose, sucrose, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. Ua hōʻike ka noiʻi inā inā hoʻohui ka tī i kahi puna 7-gram o ka meli i loko o ke kīʻaha, he 6 mau gram o nā kō manuahi, a ʻo ka puna hoʻokahi, ke kō keʻokeʻo maʻamau, e hāʻawi i 4 mau gram o nā kō manuahi.
Ua aʻo aku nā kānaka ʻepekema i ka nui o nā caloriu e hele mai ana mai nā kō e kōkua i ka makaʻu o ka momona, ʻano 2 diabetes, nā maʻi ʻākea like ʻole, nā maʻi hepa, a me nā niho.
Wahi a nā ʻepekema, ʻaʻole pono lākou e pili i nā mea hoʻonanea, ʻoiai inā hoʻonohonoho ʻia lākou i ke olakino. A ʻo ka helu kō ʻoi loa no ke kanaka makua he 30 gram i kēlā me kēia lā.