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Aileen Birkitt, RD: Posted on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:45 PM
Agave, Sucralose, Asulfame potassium, Sugar, Honey, Aspartame, Saccharin, Stevia, which to choose from?
Here is my advice: as a whole we need to cut down on sugars and sweeteners, and get used to things not tasting so sweet.
Allsweeteners do undergo processing to make them palatable, and easy to sell and use.
The recommendations are to get no more than about 6 teaspoons added sugars in your diet per day! That applies to table sugar, honey, maple syrup.
As far as the other sweeteners,using them sometimes is ok but remember that they are all still processed. |
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Aileen Birkitt, RD: Posted on Tuesday, December 06, 2011 1:13 PM
Some food companies will replace sugar with many different types of sugar replacers. Today, I am going to enlighten you on the alcohol sugar replacers and why they might not make you feel so good.
These appear on the food label as:
mannitol sorbitol xylitol maltitol isomalt lactitol
Where might you find these? Many products that state "low sugar" contain one or more of these. In addition, these sweeteners appear often in sugar free gum, protein bars, protein powders, sugar free candy, cookies, many, many products. |
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