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The best and worst sweeteners
melluc2
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I found this interesting! My husband found this site. Might be useful for people just starting out too.
https://www.ruled.me/keto-diet-plan-best-and-worst-sweeteners/
https://www.ruled.me/keto-diet-plan-best-and-worst-sweeteners/
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I found this interesting! My husband found this site. Might be useful for people just starting out too.
https://www.ruled.me/keto-diet-plan-best-and-worst-sweeteners/
Thanks to articles like this warning of carbs (maltodextrin, dextrose) in powdered sucralose, etc., I never leave home any more without my Dollar Tree reading glasses.1 -
I use sukrin. It's the only sweetener I have found available in the uk with no after-taste or nasty flavour...0
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Bump for @1thankful_momma.Recommendation: Skip it. Although it’s a fantastic sweetener, it’s very hard to come by in the raw form and can be quite costly when found. Many of the common branded monk fruit will contain carbs.0
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If you stop using any sweeteners you'll be amazed how much you don't miss them.11
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dulcitonia wrote: »If you stop using any sweeteners you'll be amazed how much you don't miss them.
I totally agree. The sukirn I got is brilliant. No after-taste, very good, added to food, you wouldn't know it's not conventional sugar.
I purchased it three weeks ago.
I think I've used a total of around 2 tablespoons.0 -
I haven't used any sweeteners in right at two years and I agree that the desire is gone. I will say that if you have to choose one that is from nature. Avoid any artificial types as the body doesn't know what to do with them and inflammation can follow ingestion!3
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I find myself really disliking all sweeteners. Nothing tastes as good as white sugar for me, but the only time I miss sugar is for a cafe latte. Other than that, the only sugars I have now are sugar-free creamer and sugar-free jello, which I mix with cream for desserts once in a while. I'm only about 60 days in, but I found it shockingly easy to give up sugar. IF I had the opportunity to have an amazing dessert at someone's house or a restaurant, I think I would just have it, enjoy it, and move on, but in everyday life, it has been easy to give up sugar.2
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I haven't used any sweeteners in right at two years and I agree that the desire is gone. I will say that if you have to choose one that is from nature. Avoid any artificial types as the body doesn't know what to do with them and inflammation can follow ingestion!
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https://www.docmuscles.com/the-skinny-on-sweeteners/ more data and references to studies in it.... doesn't have monk fruit listed, but has most of the others.
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Ive had a pretty good experience with Whole Foods 365 liquid stevia. Its not the same as sugar, but it works in my coffee and I've adjusted to the taste difference.
Coffee is really the only thing I use it for.
If I'm having a fussy taste day, i might add a quarter tsp of unsweetened cocoa to my coffee as well and that does the trick for me.2 -
dulcitonia wrote: »If you stop using any sweeteners you'll be amazed how much you don't miss them.
I agree completely. I don't do any. The sweetest things I eat are blueberries, cherry tomatoes, and bell pepper. I think because I never use sweeteners, those things taste very sweet to me. They are like fruit or candy, in the case of the bloobs.
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I too discovered the desire for any form of any sweetener was just mentally in my case. That does not mean I do not like them but just know they are not needed for longevity.
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I bought some of this pure stevia powder (no fillers).
Good taste, extremely concentrated, and no annoying aftertaste as long as you use it very sparingly. I'm guessing this will be a lifetime supply!
Mommy Knows Best
Pure Stevia Powder Extract
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01924GTC2
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nokanjaijo wrote: »
I agree completely. I don't do any. The sweetest things I eat are blueberries, cherry tomatoes, and bell pepper. I think because I never use sweeteners, those things taste very sweet to me. They are like fruit or candy, in the case of the bloobs.
Yep. I never knew how sweet tomatoes and peppers were! No sweetners for me for over 5 years. It made me realize how saturated our diets are with added sugars/sweetners. Real food can't compete.1
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