Sugar is sweet, but that is its only redeeming value. Americans eat sugar to excess; it is hidden in many of the foods we eat today. Our national sweet tooth has led to an epidemic of obesity and chronic diseases like diabetes. Refined sugar has no nutritional value and is simply empty calories as opposed to natural sweeteners that at least offer some nutrients. What is worse, refined sugar leads to an increased production of insulin and diabetes.
There is really no need to poison your system with sugar. There are healthy natural sweeteners that make good substitutes. Honey is one of these. Honey has a great flavor and is good for you. Using honey can be difficult at times though because it does not dissolve in cold drinks and is too thick and sticky to sprinkle over cereal.
However, there are some great products on the market now that solve the honey dilemma. You can buy dried honey crystals and sweet honey flakes so you can shake honey onto any food you want to sweeten. The flakes easily dissolve in cold tea or hot coffee and are an ideal natural sweetener to use as a substitute for sugar.
You can drastically cut your family’s sugar intake by buying the unsweetened version of your favorite foods and adding your own natural sweeteners at home. Don’t buy the sugar-coated puffs that pass for breakfast food at the store, instead, buy a healthy unsweetened cereal and let your kids add honey flakes for flavor. Eliminate sugary drinks. Buy unsweetened tea and add your own honey crystals for a drink that tastes good and is healthy for you rather than poisoning yourself with chemical sweeteners, refined sugar, or high fructose corn syrup.
It is almost impossible to avoid products today that contain high fructose corn syrup and white sugar. They are in nearly everything because they are so addictive and cheap. Food manufacturers sell more products because sugar addicted consumers keep lining up for more in order to get a quick fix for their sugar cravings.
Organic sugar and natural sweeteners are a better choice for your health. Organic sugar is cane sugar that has not had all of the nutrition processed out of it. Its appearance is not white and pure because it still retains the healthy parts that give it color.
Organic Sugar is a great alternative to regular sugar for all your cooking and baking needs. It will go a long way towards keeping you and your family healthy if you make the switch. Sugar does not make you feel sick when you eat or drink it, (unless you have too much), but over time it is very bad for you.
Any time you can substitute healthy natural sweeteners for refined sugar, you are taking a step in the right direction. Everyone is busy these days and it is tempting to grab fast food or heat up a frozen dinner. Next time temptation strikes, take a minute to think about the sugar content of convenience food and the cost you pay for it with your health. Every step you take can lead you to better health. A good place to start is by switching to natural sweeteners like organic sugar and honey flakes.
Mama Healthy makes organic honey crystal sweetener from organic sugar cane and organic honey. Visit their website to see recipes made using natural sweeteners and try out their revolutionary organic honey crystals product.
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1 miked // Nov 11, 2009 at 12:04 pm
Thanks for the information about Mama Healthy.
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2 Diets for gestational diabetes // Nov 22, 2009 at 7:55 am
Thanks for posting this information. It will help a lot of people specially those pregnant woman who develops diabetes during pregnancy.. What are the other suggestions or advise you can share to us so that we will be more aware about it?
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