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Healthy Sweeteners - Which ones have you tried and which do you recommend? [Vanity]
Self | 03/08/19 | FWDude

Posted on 03/08/2019 3:41:41 PM PST by fwdude

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The Myth of the Healthy Sweetener

by Andrew Olson

Whether it comes from a sugar cane, a maple tree, a corn kernel, a beet, or an agave plant, your body doesn’t play favorites. Sugar is sugar. The specific glucose, fructose, and sucrose molecules that we define as “sugar” are essentially the same. Nutritionists will argue that our bodies treat glucose, fructose, and sucrose in different ways, and this is true (see note below), but the chemical composition of sugar molecules is beyond the scope of this article. For our purposes, we can assume that our body treats those 4 grams of sugar equally, as it eventually does. Natural, processed, or somewhere in-between, the sugar is recognized as what it is: sugar...

There is a ton of research that points to the negative health effects of these artificial sweeteners, but it doesn’t take a clinical trial to understand that ingesting lab-made chemicals isn’t good for your body. Despite the industry’s best efforts to discredit negative research, these products have been linked to cancers, and they may also mess up your metabolism and actually cause you to gain weight because your tongue tastes sweetness but your body is not getting any calories. Any way you spin it, these chemicals are no good and I almost always avoid them...

Refined white sugar, corn syrup, brown rice syrup, and agave nectar had virtually no antioxidants (less than 0.01 on the scale), maple syrup, brown sugar, and honey had more (0.2 – 0.7), but blackstrap molasses had a whopping 4.6 – this puts 100g of molasses on par with a serving of blueberries....

Nature produces plenty of sugar, but it does so in a very specific way. Sugar is almost always accompanied by fiber (which helps your body process the sugar safely) and often includes a wide range of vitamins and nutrients (think of fruit)....

Having maple syrup on pancakes after a long run is perfectly fine, and you shouldn’t feel bad about making energy bars with a high-fiber grain and a little brown rice syrup. The point of this article is to highlight the myths that we have surrounding presumably natural, healthy, or safe sugars. https://www.oneingredientchef.com/healthy-sweetener/


101 posted on 03/09/2019 4:37:29 AM PST by daniel1212 (Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
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To: Maudeen

Your coffee concoction sounds yummy!
What is good about Mejdul dates is they are larger but the pit is small, so there is more to eat and the taste is uniquely yummy. 2 or 3 dates is all I need for a quick burst of energy to head to the gym for treadmill & light weights lifting for an hour every other day. Next year I will be lighting 80 candles and the gym is the main reason I stay out of the doctor’s office. Icall the gym as my beauty salon because it makes one beautiful from inside haha..


102 posted on 03/09/2019 5:24:37 AM PST by entropy12 (Legal immigrants under chain migration not any better than illegal immigrants! Merit ONLY!!)
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To: CaptainK

Ditto here!


103 posted on 03/09/2019 5:25:47 AM PST by entropy12 (Legal immigrants under chain migration not any better than illegal immigrants! Merit ONLY!!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

My border line diabetic situation is pretty much gone with 15-16 hour fast 5 days a week. It cured my insulin resistance. I eat anything and everything during the 8-9 period usually between 10am & 7 pm.


104 posted on 03/09/2019 5:30:28 AM PST by entropy12 (Legal immigrants under chain migration not any better than illegal immigrants! Merit ONLY!!)
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To: daniel1212

Far more than gold my FRiend


105 posted on 03/09/2019 5:36:39 AM PST by cyclotic ( Democrats must be politically eviscerated, disemboweled and demolished.)
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To: entropy12

I’ll have to give them a try. I doubt they are sold in my neck of the woods but I’ll look and then maybe I can find them on line. Thanks for the tip.


106 posted on 03/10/2019 12:27:08 AM PST by Maudeen (JESUS . . .The United States of America's ONLY Hope)
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To: fwdude

Did any of this help?


107 posted on 03/10/2019 1:20:50 AM PST by Does so (Build the Cpl Ronil Singh Memorial Wall...A Legal Immigrant...)
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To: Maudeen

Best store to buy Mejdul dates is Aldi, because same size container is $1.++ cheaper.


108 posted on 03/10/2019 7:39:55 AM PDT by entropy12 (Legal immigrants under chain migration not any better than illegal immigrants! Merit ONLY!!)
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To: Does so

Yes, I learned about Monkfruit. Saw it in the store last night.


109 posted on 03/10/2019 12:21:37 PM PDT by fwdude (Think about it: Blacks were made slaves in Africa, but were made free men in America.)
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To: entropy12

Thanks. . .have to drive quite a distance to the nearest store but I will give them a try the next time I am there.


110 posted on 03/10/2019 11:32:47 PM PDT by Maudeen (JESUS . . .The United States of America's ONLY Hope)
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To: fwdude

I prefer cane sugar


111 posted on 03/10/2019 11:41:20 PM PDT by wardaddy (Progressives are simply unhappy people attacking the world rather than fixing themselves)
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To: CodeToad

Exactly

Just use responsibly

Like whiskey or Copenhagen


112 posted on 03/10/2019 11:42:18 PM PDT by wardaddy (Progressives are simply unhappy people attacking the world rather than fixing themselves)
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