pinkcherrychef
Senior Member
We all should know sugar is a health risk. To much can cause diabetes, high blood pressure, weight gain, cancer,yeast over growth etc. We also know replacing that wonderful sweet taste is very hard thing to do. The artificial sweeteners and some stevia products are even worse. Stevia is an awesome sugar replacement if you find a good natural real one. However stevia has that bitter after taste so some people just can't stand it because of that.
Luckily there is more then just stevia. There's coconut sugar really good source. There is date sugar and just plain dates. I love dates so tasty and sweet however the downside to them is they help you gain weight so be careful on your intake if you don't want to gain some pounds.
There is also honey an excellent very healthy source of natural sugar. It has amazing benefits and no bad after taste. The only issue with it is that you can't cook with it. Honey becomes toxic when you heat enough to a temperature that can be hot to your finger. So when it comes to honey don't cook with it and only put it in luke warm stuff.
Now there is also one of my favorites and that is molasses. Molasses has amazing benefits for you can even help you loose weight so I'm told. You can cook with it to any temperature it won't become toxic unless of course you burn it lol. I use it in baking in replacement of sugar. Me and my husband say it taste better then when I made the recipe with sugar. For me I use honey to sweeten my drinks(sometimes molasses depends on the drink) and I use molasses for everything else.
The only thing I use sugar now is my coffee. I only put a little in my coffee and that's all. Please always remember to use everything within moderation.
Luckily there is more then just stevia. There's coconut sugar really good source. There is date sugar and just plain dates. I love dates so tasty and sweet however the downside to them is they help you gain weight so be careful on your intake if you don't want to gain some pounds.
There is also honey an excellent very healthy source of natural sugar. It has amazing benefits and no bad after taste. The only issue with it is that you can't cook with it. Honey becomes toxic when you heat enough to a temperature that can be hot to your finger. So when it comes to honey don't cook with it and only put it in luke warm stuff.
Now there is also one of my favorites and that is molasses. Molasses has amazing benefits for you can even help you loose weight so I'm told. You can cook with it to any temperature it won't become toxic unless of course you burn it lol. I use it in baking in replacement of sugar. Me and my husband say it taste better then when I made the recipe with sugar. For me I use honey to sweeten my drinks(sometimes molasses depends on the drink) and I use molasses for everything else.
The only thing I use sugar now is my coffee. I only put a little in my coffee and that's all. Please always remember to use everything within moderation.
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