Nice tasting substitutes for sugar ?

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  • icrushit
    icrushit Posts: 773 Member
    edited March 2015
    Hmm, I'm not sure you'll find that. I think the best you can hope for is probably using a sweetener to just bring the sweetness level up to the point where it takes the edge off, but isn't strong enough that you actually taste the sweetener. I've used Stevia in my coffee as a bit of an experiment, but I don't actually like the taste of stevia when I can taste it. As long as it's below the threshold where I notice it, I don't mind.

    If it's just a sugar replacement for tea and coffee, you might be better off tapering down your sugar intake gradually, as your taste buds should adjust without things being overly noticeable.
  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,301 Member
    Vermilliana wrote: »
    Most subs are chemical and nasty and do worse things to your system than sugar does. You can go the stevia route which, in my opinion, is just gross. It does horrid stuff to my belly, but again, thats me. I think it comes down to finding the Right sugar. Our bodys process different sugars in different ways..white processed sugar being the harshest that drives your blood sugar into orbit, hence the reason its declared as the White Devil. Alternatives like coconut sugar, raw sugar, turbino sugar, date sugar, raw honey, molasses etc. that have not been bleached and stripped of trace minerals and all the things that make it easier for our bodies to process don't cause quite the same spike and so, in theory, will not contribute to excess insulin production which can lead to weight gain/retention. Some of them taste a lot better than white as well so you end up not using as much. Really, though, its all sugar and should be consumed in moderation just like anything else. Just cut back slowly to avoid deprivation stress and eventually you may not even miss it. Also, I personally found that drinking unsweetened herbal teas (especially ones for cleansing/detoxing. Tetleys "Cleanse" is a great one) helped me, personally, to drop it. I used to be a complete sugar junkie, and now I don't crave it at all and I get ill if I have too much.

    The first two bolded pieces are just wrong. If you take the time to view a GI scale you'll see honey with a GI above 130, and sucrose(table sugar, or what you call the White Devil), has a rating of little more then 90. Foods with GI's of 55 or lower cause only a small change in blood sugar, but foods with GIs of 70 or higher send glucose levels up quickly.

    A healthy way to view sugar is the last bolded part. OP I have not found a sub for sugar so I use it. It is fuel and needed for my activities. If I really want to get a quick hit of glucose a potato does a better job than table sugar. Best of luck.

  • Micah_Carter
    Micah_Carter Posts: 7 Member
    The best way to go about it is to just give up the sugar altogether. Drink water instead of tea, and learn to appreciate the way coffee tastes without sugar. After a couple days you won't miss it if you just quit it cold turkey, and then you'll reap all the benefits of cutting sugar from your diet. Your blood sugar won't spike every time you drink something, which will cut down greatly on sudden insulin responses and thus, food cravings. Give it a try... plenty of people get along just fine without adding sugar to anything they eat or drink.
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