Sugar has always been my dieting pitfall... I love sweets of all kinds. Based on scientific reports I have read and my own experience, I am convinced that processed, sugar-packed foods fire my addiction, throwing my appetite into overdrive. I love Splenda but the safety of this chemically processed artificial sweetener is still up for debate in the medical community for consumption over long periods of time. There are other sweeteners available however, that wreak less havoc on your blood sugar, causing fewer spikes and dives in your insulin level. Honey is one of nature's sweet nectars. Produced naturally by bees, honey is perfect for baking, in dressings and to dissolve in hot beverages. Agave nectar is a honey-like syrup extracted from the same plant in which tequila is made. I personally prefer the taste of agave better than honey and it dissolves wonderfully into cold sauces and drinks unlike the way bee honey can crystallize.
Still another option is the more recent introduction of Truvia and Stevia which is a very low carb, low calorie natural sweetener derived from the leaves of a plant native to South America. The Stevia plant has been used by locals there for hundreds of years and is three hundred times sweeter than processed white sugar. If you still crave the sweet, granular texture of what we know as sugar in the USA, try less processed sugar in the raw... a very grainy, brownish version of the one we all know.
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