Sugar Free Foods - How to Cook without Sugar

14 Jan

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Two natural sweeteners are Stevia and Luo Han Guo. Stevia is an herb from the Chrysanthemum family that includes 300 species of plants. Stevia has been grown as a scrub and consumed all over the world since 1887 without any safety issues.

Since it is 200-300 times sweeter than table sugar, the Japanese use Stevia in their version of Wrigley’s gum and pickle production. Beatrice Foods includes the natural sweetener in yogurt and diet Coke.

Stevia is ideal for cooking because it is low in calories, offers heat stability unlike aspartame and does not raise a Diabetic’s blood sugar levels. But, this natural herbal product ran into a snag with the FDA. The FDA classified Stevia as a food supplement, not a sweetener. So, at the grocery store, it will not be next to the Splenda or an ingredient in your favorite product. However, it can be purchased at the local health food store or online and incorporated into your baking and cooking needs.

Luo Han Guo is a sweet fruit that grows in Southern China. Luo Han Guo is from the cucumber squash family. The sweetener contains mogrosides which are being studied as tumor suppressors and a possibly of reducing atherosclerosis. Currently, extracts are used to produce a natural sweetener that has 250% the sweetness of sucrose (sugar). Like Stevia, it too can be used in cooking, has no known side effects, has fewer calories than ordinary sugar and does not raise insulin levels.

So, one may want to take another look at foods that are free from sugar as well as artificial sweeteners since they provide the framework for controlling our diets. Sugar and artificial sweeteners provide a spectrum of disorders from tooth decay, degenerative diseases, depression and addictions. For instance, the sugar rush produces a euphoria feeling that quickly leads to depletion in serotonin resulting in depression.

Other helpful information on web:

1. Diabetes Diet
2. Vitamins for Diabetes

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