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What is your favorite healthier alternative to sugar?

666 sats \ 30 comments \ @DesertDave 21 Sep alter_native

The last poll I posted was about caffeine intake #693765 It sparked some great conversations about people's favorite ways to enjoy coffee and other tasty drinks. I learned a lot. Sugar came up in quite a few instances. It seems most people agree that processed sugar is pretty harmful to our health overall. Today, there are so many alternatives to sugar, both synthetic and natural. It's hard to know which ones are best. Which ones are best for our health? What do you use in the place of sugar? Why? Is it the taste? When baking, do alternatives even work in that case?

I use sugar. There is no substitute.29.4%

Honey35.3%

Agave0.0%

Maple Syrup0.0%

Stevia14.7%

Sweet N Low0.0%

Splenda0.0%

Truvia0.0%

Other, enlighten me down below 👇20.6%

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78 sats \ 0 replies \ @suraz 21 Sep

Say no to sugar. We unintentionally consume enough sugar through other foods daily.

74 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 21 Sep

I think using very little sugar is better than using a synthetic alternative. One of my favorite guilty treat providers is Unreal. They make trad-like chocolate candy but use a fraction of the sugar and no artificial sweetener to replace it.

159 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

I love chocolate so this is great information for me. I find a lot of things are over sweetened these days. Just a little sweetness goes a long way. I imagine real sugar is better than many of the alternatives at least. Fake stuff often leaves me feeling unsatisfied and then I just want more. I sometimes get dark chocolates and it's okay.... But I may need to check out the unreal chocolates. They look tasty. Thanks

64 sats \ 2 replies \ @BTCLNAT 21 Sep

I am a patient doctor. A doctor by profession and a diabetic patient due to heredity and bad decisions, knowing that they were wrong. Today I don't really use any sugar substitute, I use raw sugar and in the right quantities it doesn't hurt me. Of course my fundamental diet is based on obtaining energy from natural vegetable fats. But I don't substitute sugar, I don't like the flavors of sweeteners and honey changes the taste of things for me. The only substitute I would use would be FRUCTOSE, a pentose type sugar that is beneficial for diabetics.

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @mbrochh1 21 Sep

If you are Type 2 diabetic, what is stopping you from eating a carnivore diet for six weeks and cure your condition?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BTCLNAT 22 Sep

That question has two answers.

The first is that where I live meat is prohibited. Not because of religious beliefs, not because of animal diseases. BECAUSE THERE IS NO ONE AND WHEN THEY DO APPEAR THEY HAVE A VALUE THAT EXCEEDS MY PURCHASE CAPACITY.

Second answer: Diabetes as a chronic non-communicable disease is controllable but not curable, unless some procedures are performed and a high protein diet is not exactly the solution, at least as far as I have investigated.

In any case, ketogenic diets are more appropriate due to the explained elements of obtaining energy from fats and slowing down gastric emptying, elements that reduce the pathological appetite of the diabetic patient. And the consequent reduction in weight, especially abdominal fat with the well-known resistance to insulin and which is the genesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus.

1100 sats \ 2 replies \ @cryptoshalix 21 Sep

No to sugar! No to stabilizers (E-XXX), artificial coloring, pesticides, etc. The more natural the food, the better.

The important thing is to listen to our body, and detect which foods and spices are good and bad for us, but natural foods, not chemicals and artificial ones.

For example, too much spice is not good for me, and neither are some beans and fish. Pasta, even those made with vegetables or legumes, make me bloated, so I have started to avoid them. But until you try it, you don't know, and you must be aware of which food has caused you the discomfort.

Sugar is the greatest poison of the 21st century.

If you are ever traveling in a city and you are going to eat, and you have no other choice, then it is logical to have to eat that sugary food. But, to date, I have been able to go to restaurants and buy "sweets" that have been created naturally, without sugars, with sweetness present in other spices, plants or foods that have been used to prepare said food or "sweet."

Among the options you have proposed, I only consume honey, and, on very rare occasions, agave.

For example, I have become accustomed to eating pure cocoa, and I used to drink a Colacao or Nesquik every day, but now I find it horrible, it lacks flavor. Because the real flavor is the bitterness of the chocolate, not the sweetness. And if you want to sweeten the chocolate, you add honey and/or cinnamon, and you have a richer cocoa than the classic one promoted by the big industries.

Diet, eliminating what is sold to us as "normal" and eating more natural and pure foods, has allowed me to heal from autoimmune hypothyroidism, which doctors said was incurable and I would have to take pills for life.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

Wow. This is great information. Thank you for the thoughtful response. I use agave a lot. What are the issues with agave for you? I agree with listen to your body.

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryptoshalix 21 Sep

I have no issues with agave. I take it when I visit my friends, as it is the only sugar they use.

I prefer honey because I do have a lot of places with bees close to my house.

71 sats \ 0 replies \ @mbrochh1 21 Sep

Other: There is no need for an alternative at all.

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 21 Sep

Erithol and stevia were making me pee more than usual . So now I try to avoid sugar and sugar substitutes as much as possible.

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @TheWildHustle 21 Sep

I like honey in my coffee and tea, even having honey on toast or pancakes works.

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 21 Sep

I like honey a lot, but I'm not sure I actually use it as an alternative to sugar, since I never put sugar in my coffee or on my granola.

My favorite true alternative to sugar is xylitol, which a dentist recommended a long time ago. From what I've read it actually helps with enamel repair. It might give you some digestive issues if you consume a ton of it, but I never ran into that.

11 sats \ 2 replies \ @398ja 21 Sep

Xylitol

89 sats \ 1 reply \ @mbrochh1 21 Sep

Will upset your stomach quickly.

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @398ja 21 Sep

I personally don't have any problems with it.

Xylitol is generally well tolerated, but some people experience digestive side effects when they consume too much.

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/xylitol-101#bottom-line

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinAbhi 21 Sep

It's honey.

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 21 Sep

I don’t add sugar to anything so I don’t have an alternative per se. I guess the closest would be putting maple syrup on pancakes or jam on toast.

If my wife bakes she just uses regular sugar.

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @rebel_nomad 21 Sep

Nothing, actually... Getting to that stage took a loooong time, and for the time being I'm using things like erythritol and stevia, but the plan is to get back to plain nothing again ASAP :-)

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @wild_side 21 Sep

I think there is nothing that really replaces the taste of sugar no matter how much you try to imitate it. Believe me, I had to drink coffee with honey and I personally don't like it hahaha

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @jerrybature 21 Sep

Molasses.

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @mayitorose97 21 Sep

I tried to sweeten a coffee with honey and it didn't work out, it was taking syrup, I don't recommend

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

I like my coffee creamy but not sweet. With hot tea, I like a little honey sometimes.

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @Msd0457890 21 Sep

I have always used honey or caya molasses to sweeten my morning coffee ☕ it really is delicious and natural.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

I like honey pretty well. Don't know the other one. Will those work with cooking and baking applications?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Malachi17 22 Sep

Monk fruit.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @zuspotirko 21 Sep

Half of the options are just sugar again

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Roll 21 Sep

Brown Sugar

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @030e0dca83 21 Sep

When you cut sugar from your life you get rid of addiction. You just eat meat and all other great meals. No need to inject junk food to your body

Your should try to understand it

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Carresan 21 Sep

I like my sugar, no substitutes