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Alternatives to REFINED Sugar
What are some alternatives?
When cooking many desserts require sugar even many breakfasts require that you use sugar. Can anyone who has eliminated refined sugars & replaced it with something else offer some alternatives. I have heard of people removing refined sugars from the diet but I assume that they don't eliminate all sweet things. What do you replace it with???? (`*·.¸(`*·.¸¸.·*´)¸.·*´) «´¨` KUKIE ´¨`» (¸.·'´`(¸*·'´'·.*`)`'·. ¸) |
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What are some alternatives? There are no real "healthy" alternatives to sugar, I would strongly recommend staying away from artificial sweeteners and products that contain them, you're probably better off eating sugar. When cooking many desserts require sugar even many breakfasts require that you use sugar. Can anyone who has eliminated refined sugars & replaced it with something else offer some alternatives. Most desserts are based on sugar and saturated fat, to remove the sugar is to remove the dessert usually. Fresh (not tinned) fruit it a good tasty alternative but it does contain sugar too (Glucose and others as well as fructose). I have heard of people removing refined sugars from the diet but I assume that they don't eliminate all sweet things. What do you replace it with???? They do eliminate all sweet things, it is the sugar that makes things sweet. What you'll find though is that once you cut out these things you're taste will change and you'll start to find certain vegetables and other non sugared things sweet. I find cucumber particularly sweet now believe it or not, I find sweet potatoes too sweet. You replace it with complex carbs, health fats and healthy protein. I must admit that giving up sugar can be a tuff one, it is quite addictive. I found that the first day without sugar would be fine, but then day two I'd suddenly snap out of it and wake up in the supermarket carpark with a half eaten ten pack of doughnuts not really knowing what happened. I recommend you come off it slowly to succeed. Start by using dried fruit instead of your normal sugary things, then switch to fresh fruit and then to just eating more carbs complex carbs, as many as you need to keep the cravings away, the reduce your carb intake down to something sensible and healthy. Do this over a period of a month. Then you'll be fine and not want or need sugary things unless you eat something sugared which will start the addiction going. The longer you keep off sugar, the easier you'll find it to get back on track if you do end up eating some sugar for what ever reason. It seems to me that, and please correct me if you think I'm wrong, it's your beliefs about sugar that need to change. You still seem to not be able to imagine having a meal without dessert. You can't believe that other people give up sugary sweet things. It's these that need to be substituted not sugar. Try not to think of it as restricting yourself, try to focus more on creating an abundance of healthy foods in your life so that there's not room for these low quality sugary foods. Hope this helps, Nick. "Kukie" wrote in message ... (`*·.¸(`*·.¸¸.·*´)¸.·*´) «´¨` KUKIE ´¨`» (¸.·'´`(¸*·'´'·.*`)`'·. ¸) |
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What are some alternatives? There are no real "healthy" alternatives to sugar, I would strongly recommend staying away from artificial sweeteners and products that contain them, you're probably better off eating sugar. When cooking many desserts require sugar even many breakfasts require that you use sugar. Can anyone who has eliminated refined sugars & replaced it with something else offer some alternatives. Most desserts are based on sugar and saturated fat, to remove the sugar is to remove the dessert usually. Fresh (not tinned) fruit it a good tasty alternative but it does contain sugar too (Glucose and others as well as fructose). I have heard of people removing refined sugars from the diet but I assume that they don't eliminate all sweet things. What do you replace it with???? They do eliminate all sweet things, it is the sugar that makes things sweet. What you'll find though is that once you cut out these things you're taste will change and you'll start to find certain vegetables and other non sugared things sweet. I find cucumber particularly sweet now believe it or not, I find sweet potatoes too sweet. You replace it with complex carbs, health fats and healthy protein. I must admit that giving up sugar can be a tuff one, it is quite addictive. I found that the first day without sugar would be fine, but then day two I'd suddenly snap out of it and wake up in the supermarket carpark with a half eaten ten pack of doughnuts not really knowing what happened. I recommend you come off it slowly to succeed. Start by using dried fruit instead of your normal sugary things, then switch to fresh fruit and then to just eating more carbs complex carbs, as many as you need to keep the cravings away, the reduce your carb intake down to something sensible and healthy. Do this over a period of a month. Then you'll be fine and not want or need sugary things unless you eat something sugared which will start the addiction going. The longer you keep off sugar, the easier you'll find it to get back on track if you do end up eating some sugar for what ever reason. It seems to me that, and please correct me if you think I'm wrong, it's your beliefs about sugar that need to change. You still seem to not be able to imagine having a meal without dessert. You can't believe that other people give up sugary sweet things. It's these that need to be substituted not sugar. Try not to think of it as restricting yourself, try to focus more on creating an abundance of healthy foods in your life so that there's not room for these low quality sugary foods. Hope this helps, Nick. "Kukie" wrote in message ... (`*·.¸(`*·.¸¸.·*´)¸.·*´) «´¨` KUKIE ´¨`» (¸.·'´`(¸*·'´'·.*`)`'·. ¸) |
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Kukie wrote:
What are some alternatives? When cooking many desserts require sugar even many breakfasts require that you use sugar. Can anyone who has eliminated refined sugars & replaced it with something else offer some alternatives. I have heard of people removing refined sugars from the diet but I assume that they don't eliminate all sweet things. What do you replace it with???? (`*·.¸(`*·.¸¸.·*´)¸.·*´) «´¨` KUKIE ´¨`» (¸.·'´`(¸*·'´'·.*`)`'·. ¸) If you *must* have something sweet - have something with honey; yes it's stuffed full of sugars of various kinds, but it also has some important flavinoids and antioxidants. BUT - you have to earn it. If you have something with honey on it - you must do twice that number of calories in a cardio exercise of your choice -- Succorso |
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actually all it takes is some old-fashioned willpower - I quit sugars overnight
and have been off for 8 months |
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actually all it takes is some old-fashioned willpower - I quit sugars overnight
and have been off for 8 months |
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"Kukie" wrote in message ... What are some alternatives? When cooking many desserts require sugar even many breakfasts require that you use sugar. Can anyone who has eliminated refined sugars & replaced it with something else offer some alternatives. I have heard of people removing refined sugars from the diet but I assume that they don't eliminate all sweet things. What do you replace it with???? Try Splenda, its molecularly altered sugar, see http://www.splenda.com/ . We can get it here in Canada, not sure about USA. Also, its not cheap. I use it in my coffee, I don't bake etc |
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"Kukie" wrote in message ... What are some alternatives? When cooking many desserts require sugar even many breakfasts require that you use sugar. Can anyone who has eliminated refined sugars & replaced it with something else offer some alternatives. I have heard of people removing refined sugars from the diet but I assume that they don't eliminate all sweet things. What do you replace it with???? Try Splenda, its molecularly altered sugar, see http://www.splenda.com/ . We can get it here in Canada, not sure about USA. Also, its not cheap. I use it in my coffee, I don't bake etc |
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"Kukie" wrote in
: What are some alternatives? When cooking many desserts require sugar even many breakfasts require that you use sugar. Can anyone who has eliminated refined sugars & replaced it with something else offer some alternatives. I have heard of people removing refined sugars from the diet but I assume that they don't eliminate all sweet things. What do you replace it with???? (`*·.¸(`*·.¸¸.·*´)¸.·*´) «´¨` KUKIE ´¨`» (¸.·'´`(¸*·'´'·.*`)`'·. ¸) I have been using splenda and stevia for most of my sweetening needs.Zero calories and almost no carbs.There are times when I want a snickers or three musketeers. Then I will enjoy one. (or maybe half of one) If you give up all sweeteners you will eventually stop craving them. I happen to like sweetness here and there and am maintaining just fine with these things in my diet.So I decide to keep them in my diet in small quantities. **(( moderation ))**The choice is yours. So a google for sugar alternatives. -- start 365 goal 200 maintaining 189-194 range current 193 Thanksgiving didnt do me in! |
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I see your point here.
I don't eat a lot of sweet things or sugary snacks. But I do have sugar in my coffee. Granted I only have coffee about once or twice a week. I also have sugar in my oatmeal. There are occassions where i bake like for the holidays. Its a special event or occassion & while for me, I might not be gungo ho sugar. However I would like to have an alternative that is not so much an artificial sweetner like nutra sweet or equal to cook with. It just doesn't bake the same & I am hoping to find somehting a bit more natural. |
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