Chomwe chinachitika kuti uchi ndi wabwino wathanzi m'malo shuga. Koma kafukufuku waposachedwa ndi bungwe yaku Britain ya Action on Suga adasokoneza izi.
Akatswiri adasanthula uchi ndi zotsekemera zina zomwe ogula amagwiritsa ntchito m'malo mwa shuga ndikutsimikiza kuti uchi si "wamatsenga" chonchi.
Adayesa zinthu zopitilira 200 kuchokera ku masitolo akuluakulu aku Britain - uchi, shuga, ndi ma syrups, omwe amaperekedwa kwa ogula ngati zachilengedwe komanso zathanzi. Zotsatira zake, ochita kafukufuku adapeza kuti uchi ndi syrups sizosiyana kwambiri ndi shuga woyengedwa. Choncho, uchi ukhoza kukhala ndi 86% ya shuga waulere ndi madzi a mapulo - mpaka 88%. Akatswiri anawonjezeranso kuti "zinthu zomalizidwa ndi uchi zimakhala ndi shuga wambiri."
Shuga waulere, wotchulidwa pamwambapa, ndi shuga, fructose, sucrose, ndi ena. Kafukufukuyu adawonetsa kuti ngati tiyi akuwonjezera supuni ya magalamu 7 a uchi mu chikho, amakhala magalamu 6 a shuga waulere, ndipo supuni yomweyo, shuga woyera wokhazikika, apereka magalamu anayi a shuga aulere.
Asayansi anachenjeza kuti mafuta ambiri ochokera ku shuga amachititsa kuti kunenepa kwambiri, mtundu wa 2 shuga, khansa zosiyanasiyana, matenda a chiwindi, ndi mano.
Malinga ndi asayansi, sayenera kutenga nawo gawo pazokometsera zilizonse, ngakhale atakhala kuti ndi athanzi. Ndipo mulingo woyenera kwambiri wa shuga kwa wamkulu ndi magalamu 30 patsiku.