But the even greater benefit of Turkish delight is in fruit or nut varieties. But only in those cases when really natural juice is used for cooking, and not dyes and flavors diluted with water. Nuts, juices, and rose petals all contain certain vitamins and minerals that will be very useful for the body. One has only to take into account that even in natural juices, after preparation and concomitant heat treatment, part of the vitamins is destroyed. Nuts are more persistent in this respect, therefore Turkish delight with nuts can be considered the most useful.
And one more very important point: like any sweet, Turkish delight cheers you up. Moreover, for this there are not only psychological (candy is always a small surprise!), But also purely physiological prerequisites. The sugars in Turkish delight trigger the release of serotonin into the bloodstream, which acts on nerve endings in the brain to increase brain activity and improve mood. So, one side of the coin is clearly visible to us. Now let’s look at another.
Harm
For all its merits, Turkish delight is a sweetness. The same sugars that make it taste delicious and unforgettable can turn into big troubles in the case of unbridled passion in the use of even such a soft and unpleasant candy. First of all, Turkish delight should not be consumed by those who suffer from diabetes. Their blood sugar rises immediately. At the same time, even a certain amount of starch, which is able to slightly lower this level after hyperglycemia, may not help.
If you overeat this oriental sweetness, it can affect the condition of your teeth. And although this is not such a “hard” sweetness, like, say, lollipops or kozinaki, the remains of powdered sugar in the mouth will do the trick.
Even containing many easily digestible carbohydrates, Turkish delight by itself will not be able to cause such severe metabolic disorders that can lead to obesity or diabetes. But together with other sweets – cakes, rolls and chocolate – it will fully support this trend. Well, one cannot but recall the current habits of Turkish delight producers to prepare it using various dyes and food additives. It is not only our domestic producers who sin this. Sometimes even Turkey itself – the birthplace of Turkish delight – cannot boast of the absence of E-components in oriental sweets. And they, as you know, do not benefit the body.
Therefore, it is difficult to make an unambiguous conclusion about the usefulness of “pieces of pleasure”. The sweetness of Turkish delight is a gastronomic pleasure. It cannot be eaten, like bread, in kilograms – then all its advantages will be lost and only harm will remain. But if there is a little bit of a natural fruit or nut variety occasionally, savoring it and enjoying every piece, then it will certainly have a beneficial effect on the emotional state and on the health of the body as a whole.
