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????


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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
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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.

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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????


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«´¨` KUKIE ´¨`»
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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

actually all it takes is some old-fashioned willpower - I quit sugars overnight
and have been off for 8 months

actually all it takes is some old-fashioned willpower - I quit sugars overnight
and have been off for 8 months

"Kukie" wrote in message
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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

"Kukie" wrote in message
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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

"Kukie" wrote in
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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????


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«´¨` KUKIE ´¨`»
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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.

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start 365
goal 200
maintaining 189-194 range
current 193 Thanksgiving didnt do me in!

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.