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Bella wrote:I have read so much conflicting information on sweeteners that I have to ask! What is the BEST sweetener to be using?
Honey? Agave Nectar? Stevia? Molasses? Sucrant? Brown sugar? Is there some I didn't put here??? ;o)
I have absolutely no problems with blood sugar (mine is between 60-72 always) so I'm not overly concerned with insulin raises. I like all the sweeteners so changing isn't an issue either.
What I'd like to know is what would be THE healthiest for me to be using. Simply confused on what would be the healthiest.
hatshepsut wrote:In the process of trying to adapt to a healthy (and healing) diet for my husband and for myself, I've read pretty much conflicting information about sugar intake. It seems pretty clear that one should reduce sugar intake. Beyond that, as this thread shows, there seems to be a good deal of disagreement about the wisdom of choosing one alternative sweetener over the other. I've read that cancer survivors, in particular, should reduce their sugar intake. If that is the case, are any of the sweetener alternatives preferable to others in terms of the way they are metabolized in the body?
Thank you.
Hatshepsut
Kathy Fullmer wrote:Well stated, Jeff. Sugar is sugar regardless of it's source, it metabolizes pretty much the same way, so why not buy the cheapest form of it, while carefully limiting the amount consumed. a limit of 2 tablesspoons/day is quite reasonable, especially if the fat and oil contentis kept low.
So thanks for helping us sort through all the info to get to the facts and to some reasonable choices with regard to sugar. Kathy
JeffN
My general recommendation, which is in the talk I give at the McDougall Program is that refined calorie sweeteners should not make up more than 5% of your calories.
CHEF AJ wrote:What about unrefined Whole Food sweeteners such as dates? How do you feel about them and what % of calories can they make up?
Thank You,
Chef AJ
If someone was to consume nothing but fruits, veggies, starchy veggies, legumes, intact whole grains as grown in nature, then they know that these foods have no added sugars or hidden sugars, and you could apply the guidelines. They could easily know how much sugar they are adding as any and all of it would be coming from them.
CHEF AJ wrote:Well, I am one of these weirdos that eats absolutely no processed food. The only exception is salt=-ee beans from a can. I follow Jack La Lanne's Nutritional Advice "if God Made It Eat It, If Man Made It Don't Eat It". (I have also been eating a plant based diet for over 32 years).
CHEF AJ wrote: So my question is, where do you stand on whole dates? Do you still consider them a sugar to be limited to 100 calories per day, or a whole food?
CHEF AJ wrote: Also, where do you stand on nuts, seeds and avocado if someone is eating a plant perfect diet and has no medical problems?
Chef AJ
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